Cloud Consultancy News
Update your iPhone and turn on Stolen Device Protection ASAP. Here’s why
Apple has rolled out a new update that promises to better secure your iPhone from the bad guys. Released on Monday, iOS 17.3 kicks in a few helpful new features, including Apple Music playlist sharing and AirPlay support for hotel room TVs. But the most significant...
Out with the old and in with the improved: MFA needs a revamp
From AI to ZTA (zero-trust architecture), the technology responsible for protecting your company’s data has evolved immensely. Despite the advances, cybercriminals repeatedly find new and creative ways to gain access to sensitive information. This can result in...
Have I Been Pwned adds 71 million emails from Naz.API stolen account list
Have I Been Pwned has added almost 71 million email addresses associated with stolen accounts in the Naz.API dataset to its data breach notification service. The Naz.API dataset is a massive collection of 1 billion credentials compiled using credential stuffing lists...
$383B worth of crypto projects based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein: Report
The value of crypto projects based in Switzerland and Liechtenstein has increased by 107% year-over-year to $382.93 billion. According to a Jan. 16 report by Swiss venture capital firm Crypto Valley (CV VC), Ethereum, through the Ethereum Foundation, is currently the...
The Ukrainian National Police and Europol have announced the arrest of an individual believed to be involved in a $2 million cryptojacking operation.
According to Europol, the suspect, a 29-year-old individual residing in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, is likely the mastermind behind a scheme targeting user accounts at a cloud services provider. “A cloud provider approached Europol back in January 2023 with information...
180k Internet-Exposed SonicWall Firewalls Vulnerable to DoS Attacks, Possibly RCE
The majority of internet-exposed SonicWall next-generation firewall series 6 and 7 devices have not been patched against two potentially serious vulnerabilities, cybersecurity firm Bishop Fox reports. The issues, tracked as CVE-2022-22274 and CVE-2023-0656 and rated...
Google Warns of Chrome Browser Zero-Day Being Exploited
Google has pushed out an urgent Chrome browser update to fix a trio of high-severity security defects and warned that one of the bugs is already being exploited in the wild. The exploited zero-day, tagged as CVE-2024-0519, is described as an out-of-bounds memory...
Google & Yahoo Require Email Setup Policy for February 2024. Are you Ready?
Google has announced ( Email sender guidelines ) that starting February 2024, Gmail will require email authentication to be in place when sending messages to Gmail accounts. Yahoo is also rolling out similar requirements. The company announced that it will require...
Over 150k WordPress sites at takeover risk via vulnerable plugin
Two vulnerabilities impacting the POST SMTP Mailer WordPress plugin, an email delivery tool used by 300,000 websites, could help attackers take complete control of a site authentication. Last month, Wordfence security researchers Ulysses Saicha and Sean Murphy...
DJI shows what a $42,000 drone can do
DJI just announced it's launching a delivery drone capable of carrying 66 lbs for over 25 miles on a single battery. The DJI FlyCart 30 delivery drone will hit the global market at the end of the first quarter of 2024. "From agriculture to construction management and...