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• February 13, 2017 13 Feb'17

  CSA: Custom applications creating new 'shadow cloud computing' risks

  The Cloud Security Alliance unveiled new research at RSA Conference 2017 that shows custom enterprise applications are creating shadow cloud computing risks for organizations.

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Microsoft previews Project Springfield, Azure-based fuzz testing

  Microsoft's 'million-dollar bug detector' on offer in preview of Project Springfield, an Azure-based fuzz testing service announced at Ignite 2016.

• September 19, 2016 19 Sep'16

  Oracle acquires cloud access security broker Palerra

  At its OpenWorld Conference in San Francisco, Oracle announced an agreement to acquire cloud access security broker startup Palerra to get into the CASB market.

• September 14, 2016 14 Sep'16

  Cloud ransomware continues to rise, Netskope reports

  Netskope cloud report reveals growth in threat from cloud ransomware as infected enterprises average 26 files carrying malware, over half of infected files shared publicly.

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  Cloud POS provider Lightspeed reports security incident

  Cloud POS provider Lightspeed reports a 'security incident,' reminds customers to change passwords and developers to implement OAuth 2.0 for improved authentication.

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• September 08, 2016 08 Sep'16

  Dropbox breach may be fueling phishing campaigns

  Phishing campaigns appear to be gearing up as email addresses and hashed passwords for more than 68 million Dropbox accounts circulate on dark web sites.

• September 01, 2016 01 Sep'16

  Dropbox passwords breach exposed 68 million users

  Confirming that 68 million Dropbox passwords were exposed in 2012, the cloud provider continued to urge users to update their credentials and enable two-factor authentication.

• August 31, 2016 31 Aug'16

  Ping: Distributed ledgers are the future of identity security

  SearchCloudSecurity's interview with Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand explores how distributed ledgers can be used for identity and access management.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Ping: It's time to address obstacles for identity as a service

  Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand talks with SearchCloudSecurity about the benefits of identity as a service as well as the issues holding back greater enterprise adoption of IDaaS.

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Users urged to change Dropbox passwords and enable 2FA

  Cloud storage provider warns longtime users that it's time to change Dropbox passwords, as a precaution, after discovering an old set of Dropbox credentials was exposed -- in 2012.

• August 08, 2016 08 Aug'16

  Fireglass demonstrates techniques to beat AWS CloudTrail

  At Black Hat 2016, Fireglass researchers demonstrated how attackers can take advantage of AWS account jumping and abuse CloudTrail to hide their presence.

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Microsoft wins email privacy court battle with U.S. government

  The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Microsoft regarding a controversial email privacy case with the U.S. government that involves data stored in an offshore data center.

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  Cloud apps failing EU GDPR privacy regulation compliance so far

  Cloud apps and cloud customers face challenges in complying with the EU GDPR as the new data protection regulation is set to take effect in less than two years.

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  Cisco acquires cloud access security broker CloudLock for $293 million

  Cisco made a big move to increase its cloud security business with a $293 million acquisition of CloudLock, a startup in the cloud access security broker space.

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  CSA report shows frustrations with security alerts, endpoint agents

  New Cloud Security Alliance research shows growing fatigue with security alerts and endpoint agents, as well as growing adoption of IaaS and positive signs for Microsoft Azure.