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Cloud Security Explained

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As we know that cloud is nothing but a server which we (companies) take on rent to host their websites, apps and other such data. Security is very essential in cloud computing. Cloud Security consists of set of policies, controls and technologies that work together in union to protect cloud based systems. Cloud Security is protection of data from leakage,deletion ,data breach , session hijacking, insecure APIs,etc that can comprimise cloud security. Cloud data Security becomes important as we move our data centres, business processes to the cloud. Benefits of Cloud Security- Centralized security - As cloud centralizes aplications and data, cloud security centralizes protection. Managing the entities centrally enhances traffic analysis and web filtering. Reduced cost - The big advantage of using cloud storage and security is that it eliminates need for dedicated hardware. cloud offers 24/7 proactive security. Reliability - Cloud is very dependable. Users can safely acce

'Namaste' to replace unsafe Zoom

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As the Corona virus spreaded across the globe, many countries imposed lockdown. This was responsible to implement 'work from home' for many companies (specially IT field). Due to work from home, the meetings were organised virtually. Various applications were used for conducting video conferencing. And the list was toped by Zoom, a company headquartered in San Jose, California. The downloads of the zoom app were dramatically increased by 1270% that is over 12 times from 22nd of February to 22nd of March. As a result Zoom's stock price hit to all time high in mid March. The Corona Virus originated as a boon to Zoom. But then Joe Cox writing for Vice Motherboard, reported on March 26 ,2020 that zoom ios app sends data to Facebook, even if you don't have a facebook account. Then Micah Lee and Yael Grauer writing for the Intercept, reported on March 31,2020 that Zoom meetings are'nt end to end encrypted, despite misleading marketing. People

Phishing attack on PMCares Fund!

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Today world is experiancing a very tense situation of COVID 19. Due to corona virus pandemic almost all countries in the world are under economic slowdown. This includes major countries like America, France, India, Italy, and many others. India is moving towards becoming a 5 trillion $ economy by 2024 but corona virus is acting like a huge wall between the target and Indian economy. As this is a pandemic, to stop the spread of virus major decisions are taken by the Indian government. This includes 21 day lockdown and to follow social distancing. But due to lockdown Indian economy is suffering. To deal with this situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi established a fund raising campaign naming it as PMCares Fund to gather donation from citizens. But unfortunately hackers have their eye on the site. Taking the advantage of the severe situation.... Hackers always try to take the advantage of the loopholes in everything. They know that from which situation today world is underg