What is Cloud Computing and how it will boost your business – Infographic

What is Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing means storing and accessing data and programs in ‘the cloud’. This concept has been the basis of an entire business model that provides services and computing resources over the Internet.

This technology leverages the cloud to free users from having to worry about processing and storage work. Everything is done from and in the cloud.

Cloud Computing technologies don’t require any type of specific infrastructure from the user and provide cross-platform access at any time from anywhere.

Cloud-based security is an absolute necessity. Therefore, if you are looking for a business antivirus that provides best-of-breed cloud-based protection, look no further. Try Endpoint Protection.

Endpoint Protection provides cloud-based cross-platform protection for all your endpoints, minimizing maintenance costs and resource usage.

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5 Reasons why Cloud Computing will boost your business

  1. Save costs.
    a. No need to buy any specific hardware since everything is in the Cloud (is Cloud based), which will drastically reduce the infrastructure costs.
    b. No need maintenance experts since the Cloud based solutions management is maintained by its creators from the cloud.
  2. Optimize resources.
    a. Increase the productivity of your IT department, since they will only have to focus on your problems, not on tools configuration, since the Cloud technology configuration and maintenance is as easy to use as your email.
    b. Increase the productivity of your workers offering them 360 access.
    c. Achieve more efficient and dynamic environments.
  3. Complete mobility.
    a. Access anytime, anywhere.
    b. Total access to the applications and the information.
    c. Access from any device connected to the Internet.
  4. Increase security.
    a. No need to make efforts in order to protect your Cloud based solutions, security is on us.
    b. The security technology you had ever imagined for your business safeguards your data.
    c. In case of disaster the Backup services in the cloud will save your business. You will be able to recover your data anytime.
  5. Growth and expansion flexibility.
    a. Want more licenses, here you go! Want more capacity, here you are! Want to expand your services, done! Everything you want, just by extending your Cloud services.

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CVE-2011-2461 is back!

Posted by Mauro Gentile on Mar 23

A few days ago me (@sneak_) and @_ikki gave a talk at the great Troopers
2015 conference about CVE-2011-2461.
2011??! Yes, you read it right: we love to analyze seasoned bugs.
This bug is still exploitable in modern web browsers, with the latest
Adobe Flash plug-in.
In the case you are interested in client-side security, then we suggest
you to take a look at:
http://blog.nibblesec.org/2015/03/the-old-is-new-again-cve-2011-2461-is.html
OR…

Fedora 21 Security Update: kernel-3.19.2-201.fc21

Resolved Bugs
1205244 – CVE-2015-2686 kernel: sys_sendto/sys_recvfrom does not validate the user provided ubuf pointer [fedora-all]
1204722 – CVE-2015-2666 kernel: execution in the early microcode loader
1204724 – CVE-2015-2672 CVE-2015-2666 kernel: various flaws [fedora-all]
1204342 – enable SND_CONFIG_BEBOB
1187004 – Lenovo Ideapad Z570 backlight brightness keys adjust OSD but not screen brightness<br
The 3.19.2 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.1205244

USN-2538-1: Firefox vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2538-1

22nd March, 2015

firefox vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 14.10
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.

Software description

  • firefox
    – Mozilla Open Source web browser

Details

A flaw was discovered in the implementation of typed array bounds checking
in the Javascript just-in-time compilation. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted website, an attacked could exploit this to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox.
(CVE-2015-0817)

Mariusz Mlynski discovered a flaw in the processing of SVG format content
navigation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
website, an attacker could exploit this to run arbitrary script in a
privileged context. (CVE-2015-0818)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 14.10:
firefox

36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
firefox

36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
firefox

36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to restart Firefox to make
all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2015-0817,

CVE-2015-0818