Black Friday is a hacker’s holiday, says think tank
Black Friday shoppers should be on the lookout for new scams launched by hackers in the days leading up to the event. With hackers impersonating well-known businesses, Check Point Research (CPR) said that the team has already noticed a dramatic rise in phishing attempts involving online shopping. According to a recent CPR statement, “While consumers […]
A Cloud for 8 billion
As the global population hits eight billion today, we are faced with a profoundly serious question: how to deal with a rapidly growing global community, and can cloud technology offer a solution? Adam Kotecki is the CEO of Cloudica, a cloud-solutions provider and consultancy firm based in the EU. “Rapid population growth is at the […]
Global cyberattacks are growing at a fast pace: Microsoft report
Microsoft has issued its annual Digital Defense Report, which detailed the cyber threat landscape and digital defense tactics implemented and discovered by the company between July 2021 and June 2022. According to the research, nation-state cyberattacks on key infrastructure have surged by 20 to 40% in the last year. The Seattle-based company blames the increase […]
A view from the Clouds: #3
Welcome to the third edition of News from the Clouds, the monthly newsletter from Cloudica, your trusted IT partner. Microsoft Teams named a leading global business tool Microsoft Teams has become critical to how 270 million users around the world connect, phone, chat, collaborate, and conduct business. Microsoft has been named a Leader in the […]
US Federal agencies issue guide on how to deal with DDoS attacks
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have issued collaborative instructions for reacting to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assaults. “Organizations should include steps to address these potential effects in their incident response and continuity of operations playbooks,” the three agencies wrote […]
