Unsecured Database Exposes Data of 3.6 Million Passion.io Creators
A massive data leak has put the personal information of over 3.6 million app creators, influencers, and entrepreneurs…
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AWS Forms EU-Based Cloud Unit As Customers Fret
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: In a nod to European customers’ growing mistrust of American hyperscalers, Amazon Web Services says it is establishing a new organization in the region “backed by strong technical controls, soverei…
251 Malicious IPs Target Cloud-Based Device Exploiting 75 Exposure Points
On May 8, 2025, cybersecurity researchers at GreyNoise detected a highly orchestrated scanning operation targeting 75 known exposure points across the internet in just 24 hours. The campaign, executed by 251 malicious IP addresses—all geolocated to Jap…
Microsoft Defender vs Bitdefender: Compare Antivirus Software
Microsoft Defender and Bitdefender are two popular small business security providers with multiple products for small teams. Microsoft Defender can protect your office solutions, like Word and Teams, and business endpoint devices. Bitdefender performs vulnerability scans on your devices and protects your email accounts. I’ve compared both solutions to help you decide which is a […]
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Russian Hackers Exploit Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to Target Scaleway Object Storage
Russian threat actors have been leveraging trusted cloud infrastructure platforms like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage and Scaleway Object Storage to propagate sophisticated attacks using the Lumma Stealer malware. This malware-as-a-se…
Database Leak Reveals 184 Million Infostealer-Harvested Emails and Passwords
Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a misconfigured cloud server containing a massive 184 million login credentials, likely collected…
Cybercriminals Could Leverage Google Cloud Platform for Malicious Activities
A Research by Tenable and Cisco Talos has shed light on a critical vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) Cloud Functions and Cloud Build services, revealing a potential attack vector for cybercriminals. According to Tenable, the default …
Closing security gaps in multi-cloud and SaaS environments
In this Help Net Security interview, Kunal Modasiya, SVP, Product Management, GTM, and Growth at Qualys, discusses recent Qualys research on the state of cloud and SaaS security. He talks about how siloed visibility, fragmented tools, and a lack of inc…
xAI’s Grok 3 Comes To Microsoft Azure
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Microsoft on Monday became one of the first hyperscalers to provide managed access to Grok, the AI model developed by billionaire Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI. Available through Microsoft’s Azure AI F…
UK Needs More Nuclear To Power AI, Says Amazon Boss
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, AWS CEO Matt Garman said the UK must expand nuclear energy to meet the soaring electricity demands of AI-driven data centers. From the report: Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is part of the retail giant Amazon, …