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Category Archives: Cloud
Multi-cloud security and compliance – challenges and best practices
[German]Companies are heading to the cloud. This often involves multiple cloud providers. Multi-cloud strategies further complicate cloud security and compliance, as controls and policies must be applied consistently across multiple cloud environments. IT security firm Orca Security looked at cloud … Continue reading
admin.microsoft.com and Office 365 Admin Center down (Feb. 3, 2022)
[German]Microsoft's admin.microsoft.com sub-domain is down, which means that many admin centers for Microsoft services (Office 365, etc.) are no longer accessible. Here is a quick overview of what is known so far. Addendum: It seems to affect Europe, Middle East … Continue reading
Exchange Online down? (January 17, 2022)
Exchange Online has been down on January 17, 2022, where users have problems accessing their Exchange Online mailboxes and calendars. It seems to affect mainly the regions Australia, North America and Japan. But I also got reports from Europe and … Continue reading
Cloud outages 2021: When Akamai, Facebook and Amazon was down
[German]The year 2021 was characterized by many uncertainties and the return of the coronavirus infection wave. At the latest since the outbreak of the pandemic, terms such as Next Normal and digital user experience have entered the vocabulary of many … Continue reading
Issue in Exchange Online (14.12.2021)
Short message about Microsoft Exchange Online. Yesterday there seem to have been disturbances that affected users of Exchange Online. Mails that were supposed to be sent via Exchange Online are delayed or get stuck as draft or to be sent.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Vendor Kronos/UKG victim of a ransomware attack, cloud service disruption for weeks
[German]I had already seen it briefly on Twitter yesterday, the provider of software solutions "from the cloud" (accounting, workforce scheduling, time tracking, etc.), the company Kronos, has become a victim of a ransomware attack over the weekend (Dec. 11, 2021). … Continue reading
Cloud services vulnerable via USB-over-Ethernet vulnerabilities
[German]Security researchers from SentinelLabs have discovered vulnerabilities in USB-over-Ethernet software that make cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other cloud services vulnerable to attack. Some of the affected providers have provided automatic security updates to address the … Continue reading
Amazon AWS cloud outage causes chaos (2021/12/08)
[German]As of today, December 8, 2021, there was a major outage of Amazon AWS services in the US. The Amazon Cloud service was disrupted for about 8 hours, and all users who relied on this service were pretty much left … Continue reading
Azure Confidential Computing with AMD VMs
[German]Microsoft has released an initial preview of Azure DCasv5/ECasv5 (confidential virtual machines with AMD SEV-SNP VM isolation) powered by third-generation AMD EPYC™ processors with SEV-SNP.
Nextcloud files competition complaint against Microsoft over OneDrive and Teams in Windows 11
[German]Stuttgart-based software company Nextcloud has filed a competition complaint against Microsoft with the German Federal Cartel Office. The accusation is that Microsoft has a dominant market position and is exploiting it. It is about the integration of OneDrive and Microsoft … Continue reading