IBM has entered into an agreement to acquire the open-source cloud software firm Red Hat for an estimated $34 billion. The all-cash stock deal has already gained approval from both companies board, but still must pass muster with Red Hat’s stockholders and the proper regulatory agencies. It is expected to close in the latter half…
Nearly half – 46 percent – of 37,000 Twitter users polled by Armor over a 13-week period said they’ve put sensitive data in the cloud, while 41 percent said they’d do so in the next two years. While the second annual #ArmorU poll showed that users are becoming comfortable with the security of the cloud…
Although a cloud-based architecture would offer cybersecurity benefits to federal agencies whose systems are in need of digital defense, many government entities are not yet ready to make the migration, based on the results of a new survey. Conducted by Alexandria, Va.-based MeriTalk, a public-private partnership whose mission is to improve the outcomes of government IT,…
A trio of unprotected Elasticsearch servers hosted by Amazon Web Service (AWS) left 113.5 million records of fitness tracking company FitMetrix customers exposed, according to the security researcher who discovered the databases. The company, which creates software for the likes of SoulCycle and CrossFit, was acquired in February by wellness technology vendor Mindbody, failed to…
After reports that China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) slipped microchips into Supermicro motherboards, creating a backdoor that could be used by hackers to obtain information stored on servers around the globe, both Apple and Amazon deny that their servers were affected. “On this we can be very clear: Apple has never found malicious chips, ‘hardware…
As clouds gather in the public and private sectors, the Internet of Things (IoT) – and all the devices it brings – has organized into a hurricane-sized force that challenges evolving security strategies. Earlier this year, researchers developed a Stuxnet-like malware proof-of-concept attack which they claimed could infiltrate critical infrastructure and potentially disrupt the power…
GoDaddy with its 17.5 million customers and 76 million domain names, “is a critical part of internet infrastructure, and their cloud utilization operates at one of the largest scales in existence,” UpGuard researchers said.
The error presents the potential for data exposure and compliance failures, depending on what data was exposed,
A recent survey published by cloud-based controls provider ERP Maestro found a major disconnect between IT security workers and other corporate executives.
Komtech Security Center recently found that information – including names, phone numbers, gender, passwords and email addresses for users and their contacts – on 50,000 Honda Connect App users.
