AusCERT2012: Sanitising security 

AusCERT2012: Sanitising security

If sanitation is a master of innovation, security is a slave of the stone age.
Holes found in Rackspace, VPS.Net cloud services 

Holes found in Rackspace, VPS.Net cloud services

Weak implementations allow dirty data to be tapped.
Microsoft steers focus off data location rules 

Microsoft steers focus off data location rules

Concern on cloud security, not server location.
Cloud privacy doesn’t have to be fluffy 

Cloud privacy doesn’t have to be fluffy

Issues of trust.
Amazon's EC2, Eucalyptus hacked 

Amazon's EC2, Eucalyptus hacked

Customer accounts could be accessed.
Oz infosec pros more influential, risk averse 

Oz infosec pros more influential, risk averse

A more cautious approach to cloud computing.
Symantec launches iPad data loss prevention 

Symantec launches iPad data loss prevention

Android support to follow.
Kindle Fire browser bounces through EC2 

Kindle Fire browser bounces through EC2

URLs, IP and MAC addresses logged.
EU cloud vendors liable for breaches 

EU cloud vendors liable for breaches

Directive asks vendors to prove security and accept liability.
Managing cloud security 

Managing cloud security

The decision on whether or not to move security to the cloud could be one of the biggest you will make in the near future.
UK Gov says cloud computing aiding terrorism 

UK Gov says cloud computing aiding terrorism

Cloud computing can be used by terrorists as a way of transmitting data without being caught, the UK Government warns.
Law enforcement bands together for private cloud 

Law enforcement bands together for private cloud

Crime Commission, Customs and Federal Police balk at Defence restrictions.
Apple and the public cloud: new threats, new solutions 

Apple and the public cloud: new threats, new solutions

Apple's iCloud will bring cloud computing to the masses and with it, new security challenges.
Amazon cloud exploited 

Amazon cloud exploited

But the problems lie with customers, not Amazon.
Dropbox update nullifies passwords 

Dropbox update nullifies passwords

Company claims 1 percent of users logged in during bungle.
Forensics tool opens Dropbox  

Forensics tool opens Dropbox

Dropbox identities laid bare across Windows, Linux and Mac.
Google: Who cares where your data is? 

Google: Who cares where your data is?

Security and privacy trump outdated concerns over data sovereignty.
Building safety into the cloud 

Building safety into the cloud

With more organizations hesitant to entrust their sensitive data to the cloud and a handful of high-profile breaches, providers are augmenting their protections capabilities.
US bill to toughen cloud data protection 

US bill to toughen cloud data protection

But the FBI will keep authority to obtain data under terrorism and intelligence clauses.
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