CSOonline.com reported that “According to a survey of more than 2,000 cybersecurity executives by security provider Trend Micro, nearly three-quarters (73%) of security leaders say they have experienced a security incident because assets in their IT infrastructure were not managed or simply unknown.” The May 12, 2025 article entitled
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CSOonline.com reported that “A threat actor has reportedly breached Oracle Cloud infrastructure, exfiltrating six million sensitive authentication records and potentially endangering more than 140,000 enterprise customers. The attacker is now demanding ransom payments while actively marketing the stolen data on underground forums,…” The March 24, 2025 article entitled ” Oracle
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Darkreading.com reported that “Research finds that organizations are granting root access by default and making other big missteps, including a Jenga-like building concept, in deploying and configuring AI services in cloud deployments.” The March 18, 2025 article entitled “AI Cloud Adoption Is Rife With Cyber Mistakes” (https://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/ai-cloud-adoption-cyber-mistakes) included
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BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Buying Wiz for $32 billion reduces Google’s dependence on external vendors for multi-cloud security, mirroring Microsoft’s approach with Defender for Cloud,…” The March 19, 2025 article entitled ” How Google’s $32B Wiz Acquisition Will Reshape Cloud Defense” (https://tinyurl.com/4z649faf) included these comments from Gartner’s Charlie Winckless:
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SCWorld.com reported that “Looking ahead, organizations like yours will increasingly migrate to the cloud in service of their business goals. Gartner predicts more than seven in 10 enterprises will leverage the cloud to build momentum behind their business initiatives by 2027, for example. As a means of comparison, fewer than
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CIO.com reported that “CIOs constantly speak about the need to drop the technical jargon and talk “the language of business.” Yet, they don’t except business to do the same.” The February 10, 2025 article entitled “15 most misused buzzwords in IT” (https://www.cio.com/article/191262/most-misused-buzzwords-in-information-technology.html?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=cio&utm_source=browseralert) included these 15 misused buzzwords:
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MSSPAlert.com reported that “The cyberthreat landscape continued to expand and accelerate in 2024, keeping MSSPs busy, as bad actors expanded their arsenals – in particular, their embrace of generative AI – and tactics, including their growing use of cybercrime-as-a-service, which gave criminals new revenue streams and lesser-skilled hackers easy access
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CIO.com reported that “Artificial intelligence continues to dominate technology discussions, as executives — and workers at all levels — seek ways to use AI to make work easier, faster, and ultimately more profitable.” The December 2, 2024 article entitled “15 most underhyped technologies in IT” (https://www.cio.com/article/1246992/6-most-underhyped-technologies-in-it-plus-one-thats-not-dead-yet.html ) include the
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MSSPAlert.com reported that “Stolen credentials continue to be ‘coin of the realm’ for threat groups targeting cloud environments, and the range of tactics they use to get them – from phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaigns to keylogging and brute force – prove that out.” The October 3
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SCMagazine.com reported that “Hackers are using cloud service attacks as a way to go after big-money targets in the insurance and financial industries.” The September 11, 2024 article entitled “Hackers use cloud services to target financial and insurance firms” (https://tinyurl.com/ysr2z33d) included these comments:
The most common targets in
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