Jan 31, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The current DNS is unnecessarily slow and inefficient because of efforts to accommodate a few DNS systems that are not in compliance with DNS standards established two decades ago. To ensure further sustainability of the system it is time to end these accommodations...
Jan 31, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The 5G band is the next generation of broadband connection being rolled out by wireless mobile carriers globally. It will replace the existing standard, 4G LTE. While carriers upgrade existing network equipment to 5G, it will live alongside your 4G mobile wireless...
Jan 30, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Identifying phishing can be harder than you think. Alphabet subsidiary Jigsaw has made a quiz with Google to test your phishing awareness skills. To make this quiz, the team drew from materials they’ve used to train thousands of journalists, political figures...
Jan 29, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Japan will attempt to access Internet-connected devices in homes and offices to find their vulnerabilities. The first-of-its-kind survey is aimed at beefing up cyber-security. The government approved the survey on Friday. It will be carried out by the National...
Jan 28, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
As Apple revealed at WWDC last year, the Microsoft’s Office 365 suite is finally available on the Mac App Store. This includes the entire collection of apps (including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive etc.) all purchasable within a few clicks...
Jan 28, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
A cloud access security broker (CASB) is a software tool or service that sits between an organisation’s on-premises infrastructure and a cloud provider’s infrastructure. A CASB acts as a gatekeeper, allowing the organisation to extend the reach of their...
Jan 25, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
One malicious tactic that has become quite prevalent in recent years is known as a ‘man in the cloud’ (MitC) attack. This attack aims to access victims’ accounts without the need to obtain compromised user credentials beforehand. Below, this article explains the...
Jan 24, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
– The attackers have been observed launching two variants of GandCrab, a variant of BetaBot and a variant of AZORult infostealer malware. – AZORUlt sample act as a secondary payload in the attack process. The prolific GandCrab ransomware is back with a set...
Jan 23, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant has fallen behind Google Assistant and Alexa over the past year, and now the software maker is taking a different approach to the competition. Speaking to journalists at a media event last week the CEO, Satya Nadella, revealed...
Jan 22, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
– WPML Plugin was reportedly hacked by a former employee, who also sent out spam emails to its users regarding the site’s security. – WPML allows multilingual websites to work smoothly under WordPress. WPML, a plugin supporting multilingual websites in...
Jan 21, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Sword GRC canvassed amost 150 risk managers from highly risk-aware organisations worldwide for their opinions. Overall, cybersecurity was seen as the biggest risk to business by a quarter of organisations. In the UK, Brexit and the resulting potential economic...
Jan 18, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Search engine DuckDuckGo announced today that it has licensed Apple Maps for its map- and address-related search results on both mobile and desktop. “We’re excited to work closely with Apple to set a new standard of trust online, and we hope you’ll enjoy this update,”...
Jan 17, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Walgreens Boots Alliance, which owns the Boots the Chemist pharmacy chain in the UK, has announced a partnership with Microsoft that will involve the roll-out of Microsoft 365 to 380,000 of its 415,000 staff worldwide. However, in addition to that, the company is also...
Jan 16, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
– A zero-day vulnerability detected in Microsoft Windows can put the user’s system at peril. – Cybercriminals can use vCards to execute malicious code, which once clicked, can allow them control over the affected system. vCards, which are known for sharing...
Jan 15, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
A new penetration testing tool published at the start of the year by a security researcher can automate phishing attacks with an ease never seen before and can even blow through login operations for accounts protected by two-factor authentication (2FA). Named...
Jan 14, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Even though the new year just started, it’s already the second Tuesday of the month which means it’s Microsoft’s regular Patch Tuesday. Today the company is releasing cumulative updates for all currently supported versions of Windows 10 and Server. There are no...
Jan 11, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Many security-minded businesses use multi-factor authentication to verify customers’ identities. The most familiar method is to send customers a code by SMS text message, which the customer then enters on the website or app. But what if you are travelling and don’t...
Jan 10, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Four months after the attack by a mysterious hacker group on Mac users, few of its MacOS malware samples went undetected by most of the antivirus providers. One of these Mac malware variants is believed to have been linked to Windshift the APT group that surveils...
Jan 9, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
IBM has used CES 2019 to launch what it claims is the world’s first commercial quantum computing system, developed with UK design studios Map Project Office and Universal Design Studio. The 20-qubit Q System One sits in a glass-enclosed, air-tight environment...
Jan 8, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Starting February 1, Microsoft are adding two new Microsoft 365 subscription bundles to its price list. These packages are aimed at business customers who might not be ready to subscribe to the highest-end Microsoft 365 E5 bundle, but who are interested in some of its...
Jan 7, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
As beneficial as remote working is, it comes with a few problems of its own. One, and a major one at that, is security. According to new figures from CybSafe, every third business has suffered a data breach thanks to its remote workforce, all in the past 12 months....
