Last Week in Cloud Security — August 08
August 01 — August 08
Vulnerabilities and Case Studies
Apple Unveils Homomorphic Encryption Package for Secure Cloud Computing
Apple’s open-source “swift-homomorphic-encryption” package revolutionizes privacy in cloud computing. It allows computations on encrypted data without decryption, safeguarding user information. Used in iOS 18 Live Caller ID Lookup, this technology enables secure data processing in various fields, including healthcare, finance, and AI.
Critical vulnerabilities in 6 AWS services disclosed at Black Hat USA
Critical vulnerabilities in six services under Amazon Web Services (AWS) could have enabled account takeover, remote code execution, AI data manipulation, sensitive information disclosure and more, researchers from Aqua Security disclosed at Black Hat USA on Wednesday.
Cloud Cover: How Malicious Actors Are Leveraging Cloud Services
In the past year, there has been a marked increase in the use of legitimate cloud services by attackers, including nation-state actors.
New Android Spyware LianSpy Evades Detection Using Yandex Cloud
Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky, which discovered the malware in March 2024, noted its use of Yandex Cloud, a Russian cloud service, for command-and-control (C2) communications as a way to avoid having a dedicated infrastructure and evade detection.
Microsoft Azure outage takes down services across North America
Microsoft has mitigated an Azure outage that lasted more than two hours and took down multiple services for customers across North and Latin America.
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