Tag: cloudsecurity
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2/3 of Cloud Breaches Are Due To Misconfigurations
A new report released on Wednesday from IBM Security X-Force found that some two-thirds of breached cloud environments were caused by misconfigurations across applications, databases, and security policies. Some of the report’s highlights include the following: Two out of three breached cloud environments were caused by improperly configured application programming interfaces. X-Force researchers found password and policy violations in the vast… Read more
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Data Security in the Cloud Is Going To Get Worse
A survey of cloud security professionals by Fugue has found that 36% of organizations suffered a serious cloud security leak or breach in the past 12 months – and 64% say the problem will get worse or remain unchanged in the year ahead. The Fugue study entitled “The State of Cloud Security 2021” also found that… Read more
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Cloud Based Malware Attacks are Now the Norm
Not surprisingly, a greater percentage of malware attacks are leveraging cloud applications. 61% of their malicious payloads in 2020 were via cloud-based apps. That’s up from 48% of malware samples in 2019, according to a study from Netskope. This reveals the extent to which digital attackers are turning to the cloud more and more. This preference… Read more