Salt Bugs Allow Full RCE as Root on Cloud Servers

The open-source Salt management framework contains high-severity security vulnerabilities that allow full remote code execution as root on servers in data centers and cloud environments. And in-the-wild attacks are expected imminently. According to F-Secure researchers, the framework, authored by...

How to Migrate Data Centers with Azure Migrate

Previously, migrating your servers to the cloud was a huge undertaking, but with Azure Migrate, you get services to discover, assess, and migrate your server. See how you can utilize these tools to make your cloud journey a little less daunting...

The effects of climate change on cybersecurity

Outside the coronavirus pandemic and its related healthcare and economic fallout, climate change and cybersecurity are seen by many as the two most urgent problems facing our planet now and in the near future. They are two distinct and separate problems, to be sure. There are some areas, however,...

LVI Attacks: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Puts Data Centers At Risk

It appears there is no end in sight to the hardware level security vulnerabilities in Intel processors, as well as to the endless 'performance killing' patches that resolve them. Modern Intel CPUs have now been found vulnerable to a new attack that involves reversely exploiting Meltdown-type data...

LVI Attacks: New Intel CPU Vulnerability Puts Data Centers At Risk

It appears there is no end in sight to the hardware level security vulnerabilities in Intel processors, as well as to the endless 'performance killing' patches that resolve them. Modern Intel CPUs have now been found vulnerable to a new attack that involves reversely exploiting Meltdown-type data...

Walk/Don't Walk: Secure, Intelligent Application Access with Enhanced Security Signals

Digital business transformation has meant a continued shift in the way organizations think about secure access. The focus on security has moved away from data centers and toward users. Workforce productivity, flexibility, and application performance are driving the demand to give users...

Akamai's Innovation and Collaboration In Renewable Energy

The energy footprint of the IT sector is estimated at 7% of global electricity consumption, according to Greenpeace International. And, although the data center and colocation industry is a small segment of the IT sector, it represents a large portion of its power consumption. By 2020, the power...

Akamai Load Balancing to Lock-in Quality

The Right Service from the Right Edge at the Right Time Introduction As Akamai's Global Traffic Management for Cloud, Data Centers and CDNs blog introduces, Akamai's Intelligent Edge™ platform includes DNS and Layer 7 load balancing capabilities that combine to get users to the right edge at the...

Intel Patches High-Severity Flaw in Processor Diagnostic Tool

Intel has patched a high-severity vulnerability in its processor diagnostic tool, which could allow local attackers to launch several malicious attacks on affected devices, such as escalation of privilege or denial of service. The Intel Processor Diagnostic tool is a free product that allows user...

Intel® SSD DC S4500/S4600 Series Advisory

Summary: A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Solid State Drives SSD for Data Centers DC S4500/S4600 Series firmware may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2018-18095 Description:...

Spyse.Py - Python API Wrapper And Command-Line Client For The Tools Hosted On Spyse.Com

Python API wrapper and command-line client for the tools hosted on spyse.com. "Spyse is a developer of complete DAAS Data-As-A-Service solutions for Internet security professionals, corporate and remote system administrators, SSL / TLS encryption certificate providers, data centers and business...

Global Traffic Management for Cloud, Data Centers, and CDNs

Twenty years ago it would be common to have multiple data centers load balanced with specialized devices. The applications in multiple data centers would use the Domain Name System DNS to look up the application destination. The DNS system would be set up to with multiple data center locations...

Global Traffic Management for Cloud, Data Centers, and CDNs

Twenty years ago it would be common to have multiple data centers load balanced with specialized devices. The applications in multiple data centers would use the Domain Name System DNS to look up the application destination. The DNS system would be set up to with multiple data center locations...

Carbon Black + VMware at RSA2019: Working Together to Secure the Digital Workspace

VMware and Carbon Black have a strong history of working together to fundamentally change the model for securing the virtualized data center, a concept that is resounding with attendees here at RSA2019 in San Francisco. A little more than a year ago, we announced a jointly developed, integrated...

A Vulnerability in Debian’s Apt Allows for Easy Lateral Movement in Data Centers

Learn about the new vulnerability that was found in Debian’s Advanced Package Tool that allows for easy lateral movement in data center...

ThreatList: $1.7M is the Average Cost of a Cyber-Attack

The average cost estimate for cleaning up a cyberattack comes in at around $1.1 million, according to a recent survey. But this is actually a rosy view: For those organizations that actually calculate versus estimate the real cost of an attack, that number increases significantly to $1.67 million...

Low, Medium and High Interaction Honeypot Security

Honeypots are a popular way to protect data centers and learn about attackers. Learn the difference between high and low interaction honeypot security...

FBI Shuts Down Multimillion Dollar – 3ve – Ad Fraud Operation

Google, the FBI, ad-fraud fighting company WhiteOps and a collection of cyber security companies worked together to shut down one of the largest and most sophisticated digital ad-fraud schemes that infected over 1.7 million computers to generate fake clicks used to defraud online advertisers for...

ON PREM vs. CLOUD.

Security and Other considerations. Part 1 By Johan Nordstrom The only constant in this world is change, and these days it’s coming quicker and faster than ever before, as is evident in the explosive market for cloud services. A recent research and analysis from Cisco showed that the global intern...

New Rowhammer Attack Can Hijack Computers Remotely Over the Network

Exploitation of Rowhammer attack just got easier. Dubbed 'Throwhammer,' the newly discovered technique could allow attackers to launch Rowhammer attack on the targeted systems just by sending specially crafted packets to the vulnerable network cards over the local area network. Known since 2012,...