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The Rise of Ransomware

It looks like 2017 truly is becoming the year ransomware went global. Ransomware appeared in 1989 but it was the rise of the internet that really enabled it, while anonymous payment systems like Bitcoin and vulnerability leaks from secret services gave it the final push....

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privacyIDEA adds a new security layer to Nextcloud

Security has always been Nextcloud’s first priority, and we are always happy when people contribute in this area. Today, we are happy to present you privacyIDEA, a modular authentication system adding a security layer to your existing systems. Quick reminder about two-factor authentication Before we...

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Updates about the Nextcloud Bug Bounty Program

Nearly one year ago we introduced the Nextcloud bug bounty program offering a significant monetary reward for reports of security vulnerabilities within Nextcloud. Security Bug Bounties are a ‘security best practice’ followed by large organizations like Microsoft, Uber, Github, Twitter and Slack which we’ve embraced....

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Security in Nextcloud 12: Bruteforce Protection and Rate Limiting for developers

Security is the biggest strength of Nextcloud and the new release continues our track record of introducing new, innovative technologies to protect Nextcloud servers. In Nextcloud 12, a number of improvements for Bruteforce Protection were made and we introduced Rate Limiting as an option for...

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Security in Nextcloud 12: new authentication mechanisms

Nextcloud 12’s authentication for clients and third parties has received an overhaul. Nextcloud 12 supports a wide variety of authentication mechanisms including OpenID and OAuth 2.0, Kerberos and others thanks to its ability to authenticate via an environment variable. A major benefit of this approach...

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Nextcloud Appstore Improvements

Last week, we put live a big update to the Nextcloud App Store bringing validation of certificate signatures, app ownership migration, better localization and other smaller improvements. With over 50 apps, the store is an important source for additional capabilities and features for Nextcloud users...

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Nextcloud releases security scanner to help protect private clouds

Our job is to help you stay in control over your data. Nextcloud is designed to be the easiest, most secure private cloud available. To keep it safe, it is important to keep your server up to date and we introduce the Nextcloud Private Cloud...

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Protect your Privacy: Time to Upgrade your Nextcloud!

With growing political and technical challenges to privacy worldwide, keeping the software you run updated and secure is more important than ever before. Upgrading to Nextcloud from a legacy release brings not only new capabilities but protects crucial enterprise and personal data from data leaks...

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Nextcloud 11 sets new standard for security and scalability

We’re proud to release a huge milestone: Nextcloud 11, delivering a wide range of security and scalability improvements with a number of important features on top. This release provides you the most secure solution for keeping your data under control we’ve delivered yet. Nextcloud 11...

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