Comments on: Twitter Break-in Exposes the Major Flaws in Cloud Computing. We are simply not ready yet. http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/ International technology news, business & culture Fri, 25 May 2012 21:10:08 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tickets-News.de http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393088 Tickets-News.de Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:10:14 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393088 <strong>... Thenextweb.com...</strong> [...] There you will find more Infos: thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/ [...]... … Thenextweb.com…

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]]> By: Authentication Technologies « Veritrix http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393087 Authentication Technologies « Veritrix Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:18:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393087 [...] http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/ for the details.  As reported in the media, the hacker guessed the employee’s password and broke in.  The hacker gained access to sensitive financial information and published it on the web.  This latest experience points out a number of serious problems with password protection. [...] [...] http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/ for the details.  As reported in the media, the hacker guessed the employee’s password and broke in.  The hacker gained access to sensitive financial information and published it on the web.  This latest experience points out a number of serious problems with password protection. [...]

]]> By: tim http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393086 tim Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:38:43 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393086 As people keep saying, this leak seems to have less to do with the security of "cloud computing" and more to do with personal email security. Personal webmail accounts have been being hacked for years, sometimes just by figuring out the security questions. People need to learn more about how to keep their webmail accounts secure. The other issue here is the topic of security policies and procedures within a company. Should an employee even have had login information for the company in their personal email to begin with? As people keep saying, this leak seems to have less to do with the security of “cloud computing” and more to do with personal email security. Personal webmail accounts have been being hacked for years, sometimes just by figuring out the security questions. People need to learn more about how to keep their webmail accounts secure.

The other issue here is the topic of security policies and procedures within a company. Should an employee even have had login information for the company in their personal email to begin with?

]]> By: Rackspace Getting Ready To Take On Amazon | Digital Asset Management http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393085 Rackspace Getting Ready To Take On Amazon | Digital Asset Management Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:36:04 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393085 [...] Twitter Break-in Exposes the Major Flaws in Cloud Computing. We are simply not ready yet. (thenextweb.com) [...] [...] Twitter Break-in Exposes the Major Flaws in Cloud Computing. We are simply not ready yet. (thenextweb.com) [...]

]]> By: David http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393084 David Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:23:25 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393084 How do you use the traditional Microsoft services, from the OS to Office? Cloud computing is just the opposite of that. How do you use the traditional Microsoft services, from the OS to Office? Cloud computing is just the opposite of that.

]]> By: Where Was The Twitter Security Leak and How Could It Have Been Avoided? My Take on the Twitter Information Leak at timmyjohnboy.com http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393083 Where Was The Twitter Security Leak and How Could It Have Been Avoided? My Take on the Twitter Information Leak at timmyjohnboy.com Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:09:48 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393083 [...] the interesting thing.  I’ve read articles using this case as a case against cloud computing, at least where it is today.  Its true that SaaS [...] [...] the interesting thing.  I’ve read articles using this case as a case against cloud computing, at least where it is today.  Its true that SaaS [...]

]]> By: You are Never Alone » Living in the Clouds http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393082 You are Never Alone » Living in the Clouds Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:47:53 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393082 [...] this blog posting: Twitter Break-in Exposes the Major Flaws in Cloud Computing. We are simply not ready yet made interesting reading this morning. I guess one of the good things about the use of cloud [...] [...] this blog posting: Twitter Break-in Exposes the Major Flaws in Cloud Computing. We are simply not ready yet made interesting reading this morning. I guess one of the good things about the use of cloud [...]

]]> By: Craig Balding http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393081 Craig Balding Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:01:42 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393081 Hi Zee I enjoy your commentary on tech/web 2.0 etc. In this case, as others have suggested, this isn't really about Cloud computing security. Its primarily about password strength of email based services. To your point about enterprise adoption of cloud services: yes there is concern but there is something remarkable going on that hasn't happened to the same degree in the past...a group of major cloud providers and customers have got together to define cloud security standards. If anyone is interested, they can find out more here: http://cloudsecurity.org/2009/05/11/the-cloud-security-alliance-needs-you/ Cheers, Craig Hi Zee

I enjoy your commentary on tech/web 2.0 etc. In this case, as others have suggested, this isn’t really about Cloud computing security. Its primarily about password strength of email based services.

To your point about enterprise adoption of cloud services: yes there is concern but there is something remarkable going on that hasn’t happened to the same degree in the past…a group of major cloud providers and customers have got together to define cloud security standards.

If anyone is interested, they can find out more here:
http://cloudsecurity.org/2009/05/11/the-cloud-security-alliance-needs-you/

Cheers,
Craig

]]> By: Charlie Schaezlein http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393080 Charlie Schaezlein Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:54:54 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393080 Fingerprints are a bad idea. If we use fingerprints to authenticate identity, digital copies must be stored somewhere, and those could be hacked into as well. At least with passwords, we can change this. However, if you use a fingerprint as a password and your provider gets hacked, your fingerprint data is public FOREVER. Fingerprints are a bad idea. If we use fingerprints to authenticate identity, digital copies must be stored somewhere, and those could be hacked into as well. At least with passwords, we can change this. However, if you use a fingerprint as a password and your provider gets hacked, your fingerprint data is public FOREVER.

]]> By: David http://thenextweb.com/2009/07/15/twitter-breakin-exposes-major-flaws-cloud-computing-simply-ready/#comment-393079 David Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:31:01 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=21520#comment-393079 The author is using "cloud computing" in a rather broad sense, which seems to be very common nowadays among those in the media, to include any kind of hosted solution for a service. So because started with Gmail accounts, he's saying twitter was using "cloud computing" because Gmail is a hosted service (as opposed to say a company having their own email server in-house). the funny thing though is that these were personal gmail accounts that were hacked, not it would appear, Twitter company email accounts (unless at Twitter, these are all one and the same?) the hacking of personal email accounts hosted with yahoo, gmail, hotmail etc is nothing that new and shouldn't be a knock on "cloud computing" in general. The author is using “cloud computing” in a rather broad sense, which seems to be very common nowadays among those in the media, to include any kind of hosted solution for a service. So because started with Gmail accounts, he’s saying twitter was using “cloud computing” because Gmail is a hosted service (as opposed to say a company having their own email server in-house).

the funny thing though is that these were personal gmail accounts that were hacked, not it would appear, Twitter company email accounts (unless at Twitter, these are all one and the same?)

the hacking of personal email accounts hosted with yahoo, gmail, hotmail etc is nothing that new and shouldn’t be a knock on “cloud computing” in general.

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