Category: Security

Nextcloud will check passwords against database of HaveIBeenPwned

Users tend to use the same passwords in multiple locations, which poses a significant risk in case passwords are stolen. Last Thursday, Security researcher Troy Hunt, known from his site HaveIBeenPwned, expanded his existing dataset of 306 million leaked passwords with another 200 million, bringing...

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The issue with SaaS and the Public Cloud

We are often asked: Is it a bad idea to store corporate data on Dropbox? Or: Should I store my organization’s data on consumer grade SaaS clouds like Dropbox, Google Drive or Microsoft Office 365? As businesses have, on average, enterprise data floating around on...

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Nextcloud 13 Brings Improved UI, Video and Text Chat, End-to-end Encryption, Improved performance and more

Nextcloud 13 is out after 9 months of development and testing. This release brings improvements to the core File Sync and Share like easier moving of files and a tech preview of our end-to-end encryption for the ultimate protection of your data. It also introduces...

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12.0.5 and 11.0.7 are out – time to upgrade!

Today we released bugfix releases to the stable Nextcloud series, 12.0.5 and 11.0.7. They come with many small improvements to improve the stability and reliability of your Nextcloud server, and as usual we strongly recommend to upgrade at your earliest convenience. Main changes The main...

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Security flaw in CPU’s breaks isolation between cloud containers

Last week, two related security flaws in CPU’s from major vendors including Intel, ARM and AMD were made public. The flaw was at least known since June 2017 but already speculated at for some months in security and development circles, like in this article by...

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Bring enterprise data back under control with Nextcloud

What is the GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation is a European regulation which aims at harmonizing and reshaping the way organizations handle personal data. Any information related to a natural person must be stored with the consent of the data subject in a secure...

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Why Enterprises Need a Layered Approach to Security

A major challenge enterprises face today is balancing security of data with productivity and convenience. Using a public cloud solution like Dropbox or Google Drive means easy online collaboration and syncing of data but also exposure to legal and security issues. Using a heavily secured,...

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Nextcloud Introducing Native Integrated End-to-end Encryption

We are excited to announce what is probably the all-time most requested feature in the 7-year history of our open source file sync and share work: End-to-end Encryption, also called Client Side Encryption. We designed it to work in a modern, real enterprise. Nextcloud End-to-end...

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Nextcloud presents Ransomware Protection app

As we blogged before, ransomwares cost consumers and businesses huge amounts of money. For 2016, the total cost is estimated to be $1 billion globally but WannaCry and its successor Petya do more than hitting headlines. One company, Reckitt Benckiser, known for Dettol cleaning products,...

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