Wiz is the #1 Cloud Security Company on the 2023 Forbes Cloud 100

Wiz is the 1 cloud security company on the list and one of the biggest movers from last year, alongside OpenAI. What an honor!...

Microsoft Azure Security Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Azure is a suite of open, enterprise-grade cloud computing platforms from the U.S.-based Microsoft Corporation Microsoft. A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Azure HDInsights. An attacker exploited the vulnerability to perform spoofing attacks...

5 Cloud Security Predictions for 2023

COVID's impact still resonates. Remote work, AI, and a turbulent economy have made the future unpredictable, including the future of cloud security. But we still have best practices for you! Let's examine 5 cloud security predictions to be aware of in 2023...

EmpowerID Data Forgery Issue Vulnerability

EmpowerID is an all-in-one identity management and cloud security suite from EmpowerID. EmpowerID version 7.205.0.0 previously had a data forgery issue vulnerability. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to obtain sensitive information...

Risk Fact #1: Cloud Migration Exploitation Cloud Security Research Risk Fact

Qualys Blog Series – 2023 TotalCloud Security Insights by the Threat Research Unit The 2023 TotalCloud Security Insights report from the Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU provides research insights, best practices, and detailed recommendations organized by five separate Risk Facts. The insights wil...

Beating the Challenge of Cloud Detection and Response with Qualys TotalCloud Deep Learning AI

Lets go beyond the limitations of configuration management-only, non-cloud-native EDR tools for threat detection & response using deep learning AI. The global adoption of cloud technology has supercharged agile innovation in virtually every business sector. As a result, organizations are now...

How to connect with Microsoft Security at Black Hat USA 2023

Now in its twenty-sixth year, Black Hat USA takes place August 5 to 10, 2023, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, bringing together security professionals for the latest in information security research, development, and trends. Microsoft Security is pleased to have a presence at Black Hat, wit...

The 4 Keys to Building Cloud Security Programs That Can Actually Shift Left

As cloud applications are built, tested and updated, they wind their way through an ever-complex series of different tools and teams. Across hundreds or even thousands of technologies that make up the patchwork quilt of development and cloud environments, security processes are all too often...

Cryptojacking: Understanding and defending against cloud compute resource abuse

In cloud environments, cryptojacking – a type of cyberattack that uses computing power to mine cryptocurrency – takes the form of cloud compute resource abuse, which involves a threat actor compromising legitimate tenants. Cloud compute resource abuse could result in financial loss to targeted...

Top 16 cloud security experts you should follow in 2023

Handpicked by our research team: The annual list of 16 thought leaders you need on your feed...

Zenbleed: New Flaw in AMD Zen 2 Processors Puts Encryption Keys and Passwords at Risk

A new security vulnerability has been discovered in AMD's Zen 2 architecture-based processors that could be exploited to extract sensitive data such as encryption keys and passwords. Discovered by Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy, the flaw – codenamed Zenbleed and tracked as...

CVE-2023-37918

CVE-2023-37918 affects Dapr and describes an API-token authentication bypass in HTTP endpoints when API token authentication is enabled. The root cause involves health check endpoint allowlisting, where requests containing /healthz in the URL could bypass the dapr-api-token check and reach the Da...

​​Expanding cloud logging to give customers deeper security visibility

In response to the increasing frequency and evolution of nation-state cyberthreats, Microsoft is taking additional steps to protect our customers and increase the secure-by-default baseline of our cloud platforms. These steps are the result of close coordination with commercial and government...

TeamTNT's Silentbob Botnet Infecting 196 Hosts in Cloud Attack Campaign

As many as 196 hosts have been infected as part of an aggressive cloud campaign mounted by the TeamTNT group called Silentbob. "The botnet run by TeamTNT has set its sights on Docker and Kubernetes environments, Redis servers, Postgres databases, Hadoop clusters, Tomcat and Nginx servers, Weave...

ZeusCloud - Open Source Cloud Security

ZeusCloud is an open source cloud security platform. Discover, prioritize, and remediate your risks in the cloud. Build an asset inventory of your AWS accounts. Discover attack paths based on public exposure, IAM, vulnerabilities, and more. Prioritize findings with graphical context. Remediate...

How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom

Microsoft says hackers somehow stole a cryptographic key, perhaps from its own network, that let them forge user identities and slip past cloud defenses...

Charting a Course for the Modern Cloud

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What’s New in Rapid7 Detection & Response: Q2 2023 in Review

We are excited to share another quarter of new Detection & Response capabilities and improvements. As we continue to innovate across our platform, we thank our customers for continuous insight, engagement, and direction. Keenly focused on our mission to deliver solutions for consolidated,...

Silentbob Campaign: Cloud-Native Environments Under Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed an attack infrastructure that's being used as part of a "potentially massive campaign" against cloud-native environments. "This infrastructure is in early stages of testing and deployment, and is mainly consistent of an aggressive cloud worm, designed to...

11 best practices for securing data in cloud services

In todays digital age, cloud computing has become an essential part of businesses, enabling them to store and access their data from anywhere. However, with convenience comes the risk of data breaches and cyberattacks. Therefore, it is crucial to implement best practices to secure data in cloud...