Lack of visibility into cloud access policies leaves enterprises flying blind

Fragmented access policies are top security concern in multi-cloud environments, with more than 75% of enterprises reporting they do not know where applications are deployed and who has access to them, according to Strata Identity. Cloud security conce… Continue reading Lack of visibility into cloud access policies leaves enterprises flying blind

Maintaining consistent security in diverse cloud infrastructures

As cloud infrastructures become increasingly API-driven and dynamically spread across expansive attack surfaces, achieving clarity proves difficult. Compounding this challenge is the integration of DevOps practices, microservices, and container technol… Continue reading Maintaining consistent security in diverse cloud infrastructures

Sharing replica of KMS key cross-account secure than sharing the primary key itself?

I’m managing primary KMS key on my AWS management account and want that same key to share with my secondary account. Secondary account just needs read access to that key.
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First Ring Daily: Bing Isn’t Growing, But AI Still Has a Place

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Bing’s stagnating market share despite Microsoft investing over 10 billion dollars into OpenAI.
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Hackers are increasingly hiding within services such as Slack and Trello to deploy malware

A new analysis unpacks a wide array of malware abusing legitimate internet services and what defenders should do to stop it.

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What is Azure Data Studio?

Azure Data Studio is a database management tool from Microsoft. It offers a modern and user-friendly UI for performing several database operations and building customizable dashboards. In this article, I’ll explain how Azure Data Studio works, how it differs from SQL Server Management Studio, and how you can download and install it on your PC….

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Microsoft Revises Cloud Licensing Policies to Let Customers Run Office on AWS

Microsoft is making some minor changes to its cloud licensing policies for specific customers that run Microsoft Office on AWS. This move comes a week after the European Commission opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Teams bundling with Office 365/Microsoft 365 subscriptions. In 2019, Microsoft announced new licensing terms that made it more expensive to…

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Microsoft Managed Desktop Service to Retire in July 2024

Microsoft is planning to sunset its Microsoft Managed Desktop service next year. The company has quietly updated its support document to indicate that the service will be deprecated on July 31, 2024. Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD) is a cloud-based device management service that includes Windows 10/11 Enterprise and Microsoft Office apps. It provides a simplified…

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Attackers can turn AWS SSM agents into remote access trojans

Mitiga researchers have documented a new post-exploitation technique attackers can use to gain persistent remote access to AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances (virtual servers), as well as to non-EC2 machines (e.g., on-premises enterprise servers… Continue reading Attackers can turn AWS SSM agents into remote access trojans

Encrypted email server / provider, deleted email is in trash, email gets deleted out of trash folder more then 60 days ago, can it be recovered?

Encrypted email server / provider, deleted email is in trash, email gets deleted out of trash folder more then 60 days ago, can it be recovered? legal of course but do not want family to see

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