Cloud & Cybersecurity Latest News and Update (Jan- Week 1)

1. France slapped Google, Facebook with fines of €210 Million Over Privacy Violating Tracking Cookies

Facebook (presently Meta Platforms) and Google were fined €150 million ($170 million) and €60 million ($68 million) respectively for abusing E.U. security rules by neglecting to offer users a simple choice to dismiss cookie tracking technology. The sites facebook.com and google.fr offer a button permitting the user to quickly acknowledge cookies. However, they don’t give an equivalent button empowering the users to effortlessly deny cookies.

Read the whole story The Hacker News.

2. Google Released New Chrome Update 2022 to Patch Dozens of New Browser Vulnerabilities

Google has rolled out the first update of 2022 to its Chrome web browser to fix 37 security issues. 24 out of 37 uncovered flaws were identified by external researchers, including its Google Project Zero initiative. Of those 24 bugs, 10 were rated High, another 10 were Medium, and three fell under Low severity.

Read more The Hacker News

3. AWS partners to provide more cloud options

AWS is offering an assortment of new connectivity choices to big businesses to access more cloud resources. The new options are intended to give organizations new network choices and construct safer admittance to on-premises and other cloud applications. The new options integrate with AWS networking partners such as Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Hewlett Packard’s Aruba, etc.

Read more Network World.

Top 5 Cloud and Cyber Security Stories of 2021

1. What’s Log4j vulnerability and why tech companies are afraid of it?

An Apache Log4j library is “ubiquitous” across applications and its exploitation gives full server control easily. Log4j vulnerability has shaken the tech companies. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reported the arrival of a scanner for recognizing web services affected by two Apache Log4j remote code execution weaknesses, followed as CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046.

Read more Bleeping computer

2. Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack

The Colonial Pipeline Company became a victim of a cybersecurity attack that involve ransomware, driving the organization to take a few frameworks disconnected and disabling the pipeline. The Georgia-based organization says it operates the biggest oil pipeline in the United States, conveying 2.5 million barrels per day of gas, diesel, heating oil, and jet fuel from Texas to New Jersey.

Read the full story Vox.

3. Tech firm hit by worst ransomware attack ever – Kaseya ransomware

On Friday, July 2, 2021, one of the “biggest criminal ransomware binges ever” occurred. Kaseya, a worldwide IT framework supplier, had experienced an assault that used their Virtual System Administrator (VSA) programming to deliver REvil ransomware through an auto-update.

4. Google and Oracle to bid over Pentagon cloud contract

Microsoft won the JEDI contract in 2019 which later was canceled. The only two cloud providers that could possibly bid for this position are Google and Oracle.

Check out the whole story at Cloudcomputing news

5. Amazon.com Inc. to launch a cloud computing training hub at Seattle Campus

AWS announced initiatives to empower learners by availing access to free cloud computing skills training to unlock better career possibilities in the cloud.

Read more Businesswire.

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