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Do we need GitHub and Bitbucket backup software? By Marta Przybylska, Marketing Manager, GitProtect.io / Xopero Software Today, the software is the driving force of the world, and developers are game changers. There are approximately 40 million people that are involved in writing code or programs. Thus, the real revolution is happening on the other side of our screens. And with thousands of startups coming up worldwide, the demand for developers and source code is…

Renowned documentarist Louis Theroux described the growing societal dangers posed by social media use during the keynote interview at the Digital Transformation EXPO Europe 2021. The session came ahead of the release of Theroux’s new three-part documentary series, exploring how tech is increasingly coalescing with human psychology. In one prominent example of this, he noted that former US president, Donald Trump, was able to “get elected based on his ability to communicate to us through our phones.” The…

Apache HTTP Server users have been urged to immediately patch after it emerged that a zero-day vulnerability in the popular open-source software is being exploited in the wild. CVE-2021-41773 is described as a path traversal flaw in version 2.4.49, which was itself only released a few weeks ago. “An attacker could use a path traversal attack to map URLs to files outside the expected document root,” a description of the bug noted. “If files outside of…

Attempting to keep track of every form of malware targeting Android devices has become virtually impossible. Earlier this year, we wrote about the dangers of FluBot. Cyber threat actors are sending text messages to Android users informing them that they’ve missed a package. If that user clicks on the link in the text message, it will prompt them to download a phishing app. FluBot’s still spreading, but now researchers have uncovered a new Android malware…

How MITRE’s ATT&CK framework helps security teams map adversary behavior | SC Media Threat modeling Today’s columnist, Deborah Watson of Proofpoint, offers insights on how the MITRE ATT&CK framework helps security teams better understand adversary behaviors. (Credit: The MITRE Corporation) Source link

Focus on social and governance values, rising political challenges, cyber security threats, data protection, data portability and data control are all among key reasons why customers are looking to sovereign cloud providers. The EU is striving forward with the Gaia-X initiative that aims to create an interoperable data exchange among a unified ecosystem of sovereign cloud and data services, facilitating safe data exchange for businesses protected under EU legislation and valued principles such as openness, transparency, data protection, security, and portability.   Sovereignty has become an important part of national policy, essentially the contract between state and citizen, protection in return…

In my previous post, I discussed some of the reasons why organizations decide to partner with managed service providers (MSPs). Organizations need to be careful when deciding to work with a specific provider, however, as not all MSPs are the created the same. Part of the reason why is because MSPs come in four varieties. Let’s discuss those types below. Type #1: Managed Service Providers Standard MSPs are responsible for managing a customer’s information technology…

A good time to check if someone is using your identity is before it even happens.  One of identity theft’s several downsides is how people discover they’ve become a victim in the first place—by surprise. They go to rent an apartment, open a line of credit, or apply for financing, only to discover that their finances or reputation has taken a hit because of identity thief.   And those hits add up, particularly when you look at the dollars involved. In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported $3.3 billion in financial…