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Google Traces Sunday’s Cloud Outage to Faulty Patch

Google Compute Engine, the company’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud, suffered its second outage in less than one month’s time. Continue reading

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US Health Insurer Anthem Snubs OIG Request for IT Security Audit

US health insurer Anthem has refused a request for an IT security audit, citing a corporate policy that prohibits external parties from connecting to its network. Continue reading

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German Webmail Providers Push for End-to-End Email Encryption with New Plugin

German webmail providers, including Deutsche Telekom and United Internet, are rolling out a browser plugin next month for users to easily employ end-to-end email encryption. Continue reading

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Windows Server 2016 Leaks Preview Cloud-Optimized Nano Server

Early details about Windows Server 2016 were leaked over the weekend, including a plan to release a lightweight, cloud-optimized version, called Nano. Continue reading

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Another Xen Hypervisor Security Issue Pushes AWS, Rackspace to Reboot Cloud Servers

A new Xen hypervisor security issue is forcing cloud service providers AWS and Rackspace to reboot cloud servers for the second time in five months. Continue reading

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