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AWS, Google, and Azure CLI Tools Could Leak Credentials in Build Logs

New cybersecurity research has found that command-line interface (CLI) tools from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud can expose sensitive credentials in build logs, posing significant risks to organizations. The vulnerability has been codenamed LeakyCLI by cloud security firm Orca. “Some commands on Azure CLI, AWS CLI, and Google Cloud CLI can expose sensitive […]

AWS Patches Critical ‘FlowFixation’ Bug in Airflow Service to Prevent Session Hijacking

Cybersecurity researchers have shared details of a now-patched security vulnerability in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) that could be potentially exploited by a malicious actor to hijack victims’ sessions and achieve remote code execution on underlying instances. The vulnerability, now addressed by AWS, has been codenamed FlowFixation by Tenable. “Upon […]

Researchers Detail Kubernetes Vulnerability That Enables Windows Node Takeover

Details have been made public about a now-patched high-severity flaw in Kubernetes that could allow a malicious attacker to achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges under specific circumstances. “The vulnerability allows remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges on all Windows endpoints within a Kubernetes cluster,” Akamai security researcher Tomer Peled said. “To exploit this […]

Researchers Discover First Known Malware Targeting Windows Containers

Security researchers have discovered the first known malware, dubbed “Siloscope,” targeting Windows Server containers to infect Kubernetes clusters in cloud environments. “Siloscape is heavily obfuscated malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through Windows containers,” said Unit 42 researcher Daniel Prizmant. “Its main purpose is to open a backdoor into poorly configured Kubernetes clusters in order to run […]

Singaporean Unlawful Mining Indicted in the United States

A citizen of Singapore was arrested in the United States for a large-scale mining operation using robbed identity and credit card data. The 14-count indictment notes that between October 2017 and February 2018 the man, Ho Jun Jia, also known as Matthew Ho, 29, ruled the illicit crypto-mining scheme after a rise in digital coin […]

Critical vulnerability affecting cloud servers: thousands of servers infected

Because of the advantages it offers, cloud computing is considered a much safer environment for information stored on these servers. However, vulnerability testing specialists have discovered a security flaw in a cloud management system used by thousands of providers of these services that could expose information from thousands of system administrators. The vulnerability is present […]

Cloud Computing Penetration Testing Checklist & Important Considerations

Cloud Computing Penetration Testing is a method of actively checking and examining the Cloud system by simulating the attack from the malicious code. Cloud computing is the shared responsibility of Cloud provider and client who earn the service from the provider. Due to impact of the infrastructure , Penetration Testing not allowed in SaaS Environment. […]

Microsoft Launches New ‘Cloud PC Peripheral’ Hiding A Kinect Sensor #MWC 2019

Microsoft might have scrapped the Kinect accessory for the Xbox gaming console, but the company hinted back then that the technology would live and power more of its products. So, at MWC 2019 Microsoft just unveiled a new hardware device, powered by its Azure cloud platform, that uses the Kinect technology to carry out motion sensing, speech recognition, […]

The Essence of Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing in the nutshell is defined as a technology that offers services through the internet platform. The users of cloud computing service have access for free or for payment, web services offered by a service provider. The term is a trend that responds to multiple integrated characteristics. One of the examples of this “cloud” […]

How to Detect Load Balancing (HTTP/DNS) on Websites – Load Balancing Detector and Kali Linux

In computing, load balancing improves the distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources, such as computers, a computer cluster, network links, central processing units, or disk drives. Load balancing differs from channel bonding in that load balancing divides traffic between network interfaces on a network socket (OSI model layer 4) basis, while channel bonding implies […]

Huawei Roots for Cloud Computing to Ensure Data Protection

Huawei seems to be rooting for cloud computing as a strong measure to ensure better data protection, for governments as well as corporations. A senior Huawei executive made this observation via a commentary published by People, Kenya’s daily newspaper. This statement made by Gao Wenli, Deputy CEO, Marketing and Solutions, Huawei, is notable in the […]

Google Appoints VMware co-founder to Charge Up Cloud Ventures

Diane Greene, well-known tech expert and co-founder of  VMware, is now senior the vice president for Google’s enterprise businesses. The New York Times reported that Google has also acquired Bebop Technologies, Greene’s startup and pioneer in cloud technology. Ms. Greene, is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and UC Berkeley and is one of […]

Download OnLive Desktop iPad & Run Windows 7 [Free Download]

Finally, the OnLive Desktop app for iPad has been released today for free download. In our previous post regarding OnLive App we updated you that the firm has developed a Virtual Microsoft Windows 7 app specifically for iPad which will allow user to experience Windows 7 and Microsoft product including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint on iPad through OnLive’s servers. […]