Cloud computing is an integral part of most businesses globally. Technology has transformed the way businesses operate and thrive in the industry. However, the cloud industry has been facing huge challenges when it comes to complying with various data protection and data privacy standards. With the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a lot has changed for most businesses. The enforcement of GDPR has had significant implications on cloud service providers and their businesses…

Check Point researchers found 23 Android apps that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million users. Security researchers from Check Point have discovered 23 Android applications that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million users due to misconfigurations of third-party cloud services. The experts pointed out that the misconfiguration also expose developer’s internal resources, such as access to update mechanisms and storage, at risk. “This misconfiguration of real-time databases is not…

In planning for a secure future hybrid working reality, many IT leaders have reconsidered how they manage the identities on their network. Their workforce now uses new systems and devices, interacts with the helpdesk entirely remotely, and needs to access their resources from dispersed locations. Businesses are investing in new technology to protect their remote workers, but are still faced with rising security threats – 90% of IT leaders reported an increase in cyberattacks since…

The global pandemic accelerated digital transformation in nearly every industry. Almost overnight, workspaces and applications needed to be delivered to remote workers, and digital selling became commonplace for goods and services that previously required in-person meetings. These trends continue to accelerate into 2021, and organizations of all sizes are looking to accelerate IT operations with new technologies as quickly as possible to capitalize on these new patterns. To achieve this acceleration and address the performance…

The foundation of IT is your digital infrastructure, enabling you to serve internal users and customers with the experiences that drive your business. But is your infrastructure keeping up with the pace of your organization, or the market you compete in? As you look to the cloud for new opportunities to accelerate your time to market, improve the performance of your applications, and reduce cost, are you realizing those benefits? Many organizations fall short of…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (iC3) logged its six millionth complaint on Saturday. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of complaints filed with the Center rose by nearly 70%. FBI Special Agent Andrew Sekela believes the increase is linked to the COVID-19 global health pandemic. He said: “The cyber-actors have absolutely taken every advantage of that opportunity to increase the number of people that they’re targeting, which is why I think we’re…

A business owner who extorted over $3.5m from Spanish-speaking US residents via fraudulent phone calls has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. California resident Angel Armando Adrianzen teamed up with a series of call centers in Peru to run a telemarketing scam that defrauded thousands of victims. Many of those conned by the 46-year-old owner and operator of AAD Learning Center (AAD) were recent immigrants to the United States.  Victims were contacted by callers…

A ransomware gang that launched a “catastrophic” cyber-attack against the Irish health system is now reportedly helping in its recovery.  The attack on the Health Service Executive (HSE) of the Republic of Ireland, carried out with Conti ransomware, started when a single computer stopped working and its user responded to a prompt to click on a link.  HSE was alerted to the attack at 4am on May 14 and subsequently shut down all of its IT systems…