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Experts Sound Alarm on Critical Cloud Security Risks

SecureWorld News

Misconfigurations, vulnerable services, advanced malware, and sheer scale have opened cracks in cloud security. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure continuously upgrade and evolve their security recommendations. These stealthy malware strains evade traditional signature-based defenses.

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New 'CryWiper' Looks Like Ransomware, Targets Russian Courts

SecureWorld News

The malware was developed in C++ and compiled using the MinGW-w64 toolkit and the GCC compiler. This is not the most common approach among C/C++ malware developers for Windows - the Microsoft Visual Studio development environment is more often used for such purposes. It then generates this ransom note, which asks for payment of 0.5

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Why Multi-Factor Authentication is Key to Modern Cybersecurity

CIO Business Intelligence

Multi-factor authentication requires users to provide two or more pieces of evidence in order to gain access to a network, application, or system, and can dramatically decrease the likelihood of infiltration. Once inside the network, they can easily steal static passwords and access downstream applications. It’s trusted, too.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

Linux Academy

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. It can help you manage complex applications and provide you with the ability to easily automate tasks involved in managing them.

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

CTOvision

This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Before joining NASA in 2003, Dan worked on highly parallel applications for the Department of Defense (DoD). Eddie Garcia. Juliet Hougland. where he was their CSO.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

CTOvision

This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Before joining NASA in 2003, Dan worked on highly parallel applications for the Department of Defense (DoD). Eddie Garcia. Juliet Hougland. where he was their CSO.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

Linux Academy

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. It can help you manage complex applications and provide you with the ability to easily automate tasks involved in managing them.

Linux 60