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Tag Archives: Cloud
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
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
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 ...
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
Microsoft 365: Service has been down (2021/11/02)
On Nov. 2, 2021, Microsoft experienced a disruption in Microsoft 365 services that blocked users from accessing OneDrive and SharePoint files. This prevented users from opening Excel files stored on OneDrive or SharePoint. Meanwhile, Microsoft states that the issue has … Continue reading
SmarterASP.net Server down in Europe – what's going on?
[German]A brief message for people who host ASP applications at the provider smarterasp.net. I have just been informed from Belgium by a user that there is a serious disruption there and it was asked if they were victims of a … Continue reading
German OSB Alliance warns: Microsoft Cloud threatens digital sovereignty
[German]Microsoft is working to force users – especially in enterprise IT – onto subscription models and cloud connectivity. From 2025, many on-premises offerings will be phased out and the compulsion to the cloud will then be de facto. This will … Continue reading
Ransomware in the cloud: Detecting attacks
[German]According to Yahoo! Finance, around 65,000 ransomware attacks are expected this year in the US alone. It doesn't seem to matter what region, country or industry it happens in. Security vendor Vectra provided me with some thoughts on how to … Continue reading