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High security cloud service with universal app support
High security cloud service with universal app support

TeamDrive for iOS and Android with universal app support. The new version allows the use of any app with end-to-end encrypted collaboration via the high-security cloud service. With a new "universal version", the high-security cloud service TeamDrive can be used for the first time with any app on iPhones and iPads as well as mobile devices with Android. TeamDrive features seamless end-to-end encryption with a zero-knowledge architecture. This means that no one but the user himself has the access key to the data - not even the provider. This distinguishes TeamDrive from all US clouds whose operators are legally obliged to notify US authorities...

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Cloud vulnerabilities allow access to critical data
Cloud vulnerabilities allow access to critical data

As a new Orca Security Report shows, cloud vulnerabilities allow access to critical data in just three steps: known vulnerabilities, unsecured storage resources, and failure to follow best practices allow for an average cloud attack path of just three steps to directly access an organization's crown jewels reach. Orca Security has released the 2022 State of the Public Cloud Security Report. The study provides important insights into the current state of public cloud security and shows where the most critical security gaps can be found. One of the key findings of the report is that the average attack path is just three steps...

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Satire show ZDF Royal shows: Cyber ​​security association with Russia contacts
Satire show ZDF Royal shows: Cyber ​​security association with Russia contacts

The Cyber ​​Security Council Germany eV was founded in 2012 by the incumbent BSI President Arne Schönbohm (Federal Office for Information Security). According to ZDF Royal with Jan Böhmermann, the cyber security company Protelion is a member of the association, which is managed by Russia's Infotecs, which in turn was founded in 1991 by Andrey Chapchaev, a former KGB employee. The Protelion protection solutions offered are said to come from Infotecs. In the last issue of "ZDF Magazin Royale", Jan Böhmermann dedicated part of the program to the point "Cybersecurity in Germany". He presented the registered association “Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland eV”. This association was founded in 2012…

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Report: GandCrab is the most active ransomware in DA-CH
Report: GandCrab is the most active ransomware in DA-CH

With the Threat Report, ESET regularly publishes results from its own detection systems and special incidents from the European IT security manufacturer's cybersecurity research. An important result in the second quarter of 2022: GandCrab is the most active ransomware in DA-CH. The latest edition for the second quarter of 2022 highlights the period from May to August. While the ransomware GandCrab plays a rather small role in a global comparison, the encryption Trojan dominates the ESET detection statistics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Almost one in four ransomware finds can be traced back to GandCrab. Another interesting change is that politically motivated ransomware is on the decline….

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Kaspersky EDR: improved detection mechanisms and responses
Kaspersky EDR: improved detection mechanisms and responses

Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum: new version simplifies protection against complex threats. The current solution has forward-looking detection mechanisms to react to cyber attacks. Damage to relevant operating system files is prevented and file reputation information is provided. Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response Optimum now offers advanced automated detection mechanisms and tailored incident response recommendations. The updated solution now also protects against damage to critical operating system files and provides file reputation information from Kaspersky's Threat Intelligence Portal. More defense against increasing attacks The protection of increasingly complex IT infrastructures is...

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New solutions for Zero Trust and Managed XDR
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Barracuda announces updates to Email Protection, Zero Trust Access, Data Protection and Managed XDR. Cloud security specialist offers customers and partners a comprehensive, easy-to-use and efficient solution portfolio. Cloud security specialist Barracuda announces several important product innovations in the areas of email security, zero trust access, managed XDR and data protection. The numerous new functions protect against ongoing and evolving cyber threats such as ransomware and help customers to solve complex digital transformation challenges. Zero Trust Access As part of Barracuda's SASE platform, Barracuda CloudGen Access now includes web security with the…

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Transparency initiative: Kaspersky opens more centers
Transparency initiative: Kaspersky opens more centers

Two new transparency centers in Rome and Utrecht allow Kaspersky customers and partners, as in the seven existing global centers, to get an overview of development and data processing practices at Kaspersky. The opening of the two additional centers in Italy and the Netherlands is part of Kaspersky's Global Transparency Initiative (GTI), which the cybersecurity provider launched back in 2017. Kaspersky also publishes its current transparency report, which includes information on the inquiries made in the transparency centers. Trust plays...

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Large OT attacks ensure higher security budgets
Large OT attacks ensure higher security budgets

The 2022 OT Cybersecurity Survey Report shows the significant increase in cyber risks against the background of large-scale OT attacks. In response, organizations are increasing their security budgets for OT security. American and European companies were surveyed. Otorio, a provider of next-generation OT cyber and digital risk management solutions, reveals the current state of OT security in its 2022 OT Cybersecurity Survey Report. 98 percent of those surveyed reported an increase in cyber risks over the past three years. 67 percent of respondents said risks have increased significantly, and 31 percent…

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Better cloud security through Continuous Security Verification
Better cloud security through Continuous Security Verification

Cloud security: The cloud-native security solution Mitigant protects cloud infrastructures through continuous security verification. It is able to independently detect, analyze and issue an alarm for suspicious anomalies within cloud infrastructures. Mitigant, the cloud-native security solution from the start-up Resility, introduces itself to the German security community. Since its AWS public release on August 1, German medium-sized companies can benefit from the modern cloud security posture management solution. The features of the current version include Continuous Cloud Compliance Management, Cloud Assets Inventory, Secure Drift Management and Automated Assessments & Notifications. More features will be added throughout the year...

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Turnstile: Click-free alternative to captchas

Cloudflare introduces a user and privacy friendly alternative to CAPTCHAs. The new technology is said to be more privacy-friendly and to work in the background with its own logic and recognition of human users. Click puzzles should be fine with it. The new API Turnstile makes classic CAPTCHAs superfluous: it works in the background and confirms web usage by humans during web interaction. The goal is to save Internet users the time they would have to spend solving a random CAPTCHA word or photo puzzle every day.

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