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In cloud transitions, the goal is move business processes from an on-premises environment to a cloud-based environment. Inevitably, as the transition progresses, some business processes are fully transferred while others are still in flux. It’s during this transition period that organizations are at risk.

Kaseya, an IT management software provider, notified its customers of a possible security breach in the Kaseya Virtual System Administrator Product. Kaseya has indicated that the number of victims is around 1000s, though the number may increase, at least 36,000 Kaseya customers took their servers offline.

While security should be top of mind for every business, it shouldn’t become a barrier preventing organizations from adopting cloud platforms. Provided you are prepared and take the necessary measures to properly protect data, you can enjoy the benefits of the cloud without compromising information security.

The Cuba Ransomware Gang is a group that hijacks information and blackmails companies to pay in Bitcoin or watch the private information leaked publicly.

Enterprises moving to the cloud from legacy data centers face many security challenges in making that transition, most notably the following four challenges.

One of Mitiga’s employees received an email phishing for credentials. Instead of just laughing it off, our team decided to use their lunch breaks to analyze it. What we found indicates a sophisticated phishing platform that uses AWS and Oracle infrastructure to phish Office 365 email accounts.

Based on recent research and analysis, Mitiga issued a global advisory, warning AWS customers running EC2 instances based on Community AMIs (Amazon Machine Instances), from potentially embedded malicious code. We strongly advise verifying their security before continuing using these instances.