As technology has advanced, more and more people are using cloud services to store their personal data. While cloud storage offers many benefits, such as convenience and accessibility, it also poses certain risks to the security of personal information. This makes it important for individuals to know whether their personal information is stored on the cloud and take appropriate steps to ensure its protection. In this article, we will discuss how you can find out if your personal information is stored on the cloud and offer tips on how to secure it. We will also touch on the role of background checks in protecting personal data stored on the cloud.

What is the Cloud?

The cloud refers to the use of remote servers to store, manage, and process data instead of using local servers or personal computers. It enables users to access data and services from anywhere with an internet connection. The cloud operates on a system of interconnected servers, which enables it to provide services such as data storage, backup and recovery, software hosting, and web-based email. These servers are managed and maintained by cloud service providers, who handle the complex technology and infrastructure required to provide cloud-based services.

There are many cloud storage providers available, including big names like Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, and Microsoft OneDrive. These cloud storage providers enable users to store, access, and share data and files from any device with an internet connection. They offer different plans and features, including free and paid options, and they can be used for personal or business purposes. While these services can be convenient and efficient, they also raise concerns about data privacy and security. Users must be aware of the risks and take measures to protect their personal information on the cloud.

The Role of Background Checks

Background checks are important in protecting personal information that may be stored on the cloud. Many people may not be aware of what information is stored on the cloud or which providers have access to their data. Conducting a background check can provide a comprehensive view of what information may be available on the cloud, whether it is through a past employer or other sources.

When looking for a reputable background check service, there are a few key factors to consider. Background check services can be an effective tool for protecting personal information, as they can reveal details about a person’s criminal history, education, employment and what they may have to hide. To determine what personal information about you is available, it’s essential to find a background check service that is reputable, experienced in conducting comprehensive checks, and has appropriate certifications. It is also important to ensure that the service you choose offers comprehensive checks that cover criminal history, education and employment verification, and reference checks. In addition, consider the level of detail and accuracy provided in the reports, and the ability to provide ongoing updates.

There are many background check services available, each with its own unique features and areas of expertise. Some popular options include Intelius, GoodHire, and Sterling Talent Solutions. Each of these services offers a wide range of background check options, including criminal history checks, employment and education verification, and reference checks. It is important to evaluate each service based on your specific needs and requirements to ensure that you select the best fit for your situation.

Risks of Storing and Determining Personal Information on the Cloud

The use of cloud storage for personal information presents a number of security concerns and privacy risks. While cloud providers invest heavily in security measures, the potential for data breaches, unauthorized access, and exposure of sensitive information remain. Users should take care to choose reputable providers and implement additional security measures to reduce their risks.

Data breaches and hacking are among the most significant risks associated with cloud storage. Cyber criminals may attempt to infiltrate cloud storage services to steal sensitive data or personal information. In the event of a breach, this information may be exposed to the public or sold on the black market, leaving users vulnerable to identity theft and other types of fraud.

Reviewing account settings for cloud storage services can help users determine if their personal information is being stored in the cloud. This includes reviewing privacy settings, security measures, and any third-party apps or services that may have access to the account.

Checking device backup settings can also help users determine if their personal information is being stored on the cloud. This includes checking settings for devices such as smartphones and tablets, as well as desktop and laptop computers. Many devices automatically backup data to the cloud, and users may not be aware of this unless they review their settings.

Best Practices for Securing Personal Information

It is important to choose a strong and unique password for each account you have, especially if it’s stored on the cloud. This means using a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters, and avoiding common words or phrases. Additionally, enabling two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second form of identification, such as a code sent to your phone or email. This can prevent unauthorized access even if someone manages to obtain your password.

Regularly updating the software and operating systems on your devices can help ensure that any security vulnerabilities are patched and that your device remains protected. Many software updates include security enhancements and bug fixes that can help prevent cyberattacks.

Encryption is the process of encoding information so that it can only be read by someone with the proper decryption key. If you are storing sensitive data on the cloud, it is important to use encryption to protect that data from unauthorized access. Most cloud storage services offer encryption as a feature, and it is important to enable it if you are storing sensitive information. Additionally, if you are sharing files with others, be sure to encrypt them before sending them over the internet.

To Sum it Up

It’s important to be aware of the risks of storing personal information on the cloud and to take steps to secure your data. By following best practices like choosing strong passwords, enabling two-factor authentication, keeping your software and devices updated, and using encryption for sensitive data, you can help protect your information from security breaches and unauthorized access. Additionally, conducting regular background checks can provide you with valuable information about the security practices of companies and organizations that may be storing your personal data. By being proactive and vigilant about your personal information, you can help ensure that your data is secure and protected in the cloud.

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VMware has come forth to bring updated Fusion virtualization software. The fusion 13 launch has been announced by VMware. So if you don’t know about Fusion it is basically designed for Mac users that lets them operate non-MacOS operating systems like Windows 11.

As far as compatibility is concerned it can work with Intel Macs and Apple Silicon Macs equipped with M series chips. Intel and Apple silicon mac users would be able to operate Windows 11 virtual machines. Let’s come on to the access part.

Fusion 13 players are free for personal use but for commercial purposes licensing is available at a 30 percent discount which is a launch discount. VMware Fusion 13 Player is priced at $104.30 and VMware Fusion Pro is priced at $139.30. If you want to upgrade to previous versions, that is also available at a discounted price.

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Google tech giant that provides a dimension of service to its users all across the world has come up with something very new. Some of you might have observed a notification on your Google Drive or Google doc that you need to buy storage.

Earlier Google used to provide 15 GB of storage to each user and further extensions had some charge attached to them. Charges are still there but the minimum amount of storage that you can use for free has been extended by Google. Now users can use 1TB of storage without any cost.

Cloud computing storage is one of the necessary things for startups and organizations to thrive and this move by Google will allow them to thrive better and grow faster than ever. You don’t need to do anything. Google will automatically upgrade the storage cloud data limit on every Google workspace account from 15 GB to 1TB.

Currently, Google offers a 3-month plan of 100 GB storage for Rs 130  per month, and 200 GB storage for Rs 210 per month. So if you were annoyed by Google’s notification of ‘buy the storage’ now you need not.

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In November 2019, Google launched Stadia, a cloud gaming service. After being life for 3 years, Google announced on a BlogSpot about shutting down the stadia services in January 2023.

Now Google has come up with another platform for cloud gaming in the form of Chromebook. For the manufacturing of Chromebooks, Google has collaborated with various manufacturers like Lenovo, Asus, and Acer.

Google has also contacted Corsair, HyperX, and SteelSeries to make “Works with Chromebook” certified fringe for these devices. Google has also partnered with cloud gaming services like Nvidia GeForce Now, Microsoft Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Amazon Luna to bring some amazing blockbusters games to the market.

Hardware –

Acer, Asus, and Lenovo are the manufacturers of the first set of Chromebooks. This set contains gaming features like a high-resolution display and refresh rate of at least 120 Hz, Wi-Fi 6 or 6E compatibility.

For a better gaming experience, these Chromebooks have high-quality audio and RGB keyboards that support anti-ghosting.

Anti-Ghosting is a feature that helps the laptop in registering all the keys accurately even when multiple keys are pressed together at the same time.

To avoid failure like Stadia, Google has decided to price these Chromebook laptops in a range of $399 and $799.

According to the price range, these laptops will have intel core i3 – intel core i7 processors.

Here are some key features of the first set of Chromebooks.

Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook –
This laptop comes with a display of 16-inch WQXGA screen (2560 x 1500) with a 120Hz of refresh rate.
A 12th Gen intel core i3/i5 as the processor, and an 8GB of RAM.

Acer Chromebook 516 GE –
This laptop also offers a display of 16-inch WQXGA screen (2560 x 1500) with a 120Hz refresh rate.
The processor used in this laptop is 12th Gen intel core i3/i5 and it comes with a RAM of 8GB.

Asus Chromebook Vibe CX55 Flip –
It has a 15.6-inch of FullHD (1920 x 1080) IPS touchscreen display and a 144Hz refresh rate.
Asus offers an 11th Gen intel core i3/i5/i7 processor and a RAM of 8GB/16GB.

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Since smartphones came into this world, humans use them for every second thing. We use it to capture photos, store our memories with loved ones in it, and even save important contacts in it. After smartphones were introduced, people stopped remembering phone numbers by heart, as they did earlier. Thereafter, even smartphones started bringing up features like having a backup or cloud storage so that one can have a safeguarded experience in storing their pictures, documents, videos, or any other important stuff. However, those who own an iPhone or an iPad,  find it a little uneasy to take the backup on their phone.

Well, how is the backup done and how can you start storing pictures in your phone without any worry to have to look for backups every day is what this article is about.

Read to know more about how to back up your iPhone or iPad with the help of iCloud. Simply, if you keep a backup of your photos, images, or documents in iCloud, it will provide you with a copy of them saved with you forever, so you don’t feel guilty even after the original ones are damaged, or lost. Just a few simple steps and whoosh! You are done.

Starting with good network connectivity, connect your device with a strong enough wifi connection.

• Go to Settings, you will find your name at the top. Tap on it, and then on the iCloud mentioned in it.
• Now, just click on the Back Up NOW option. Make sure that you have a stable and strong network connection. In your device where the backup appears, you will find the last date and time you performed a backup on your phone. If you have not backed up ever before, the same would not appear. So, now you will be backing up everything you have saved on your phone.
• If you have been backing up contents in your phones for quite a long time, it will be a huge difficulty to follow the process, because once you click on backup now”, you will get the detail flashing that you do not have any iCloud storage space left in your phones

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According to a recent update by the Twitter handle @_bettercyber_ (BetterCyber) the Lockbit ransomware group made the addition of a file tree. It had data that includes a 7.8 GB zip file. The data is reportedly assumed to be of Costa Rica’s Junta de Proteccion Social (jps[.]CR).

#Lockbit #ransomware group added a file tree along with a 7.8 GB zip file that may have been stolen from Costa Rica's Junta de Proteccion Social (jps[.]cr). The presumed #cyberattack may have been carried out on or around April 24, 2022, based on the file dates… pic.twitter.com/pvRQkbIBCD

— BetterCyber (@_bettercyber_) September 1, 2022

The file dates displayed in the leaked date indicates that the attackers presumably carried out the attack sometime around April24, 2022.

Junta de Proteccion Social is a Social Protection Board. They contribute to human welfare by catering to public health, well-being and quality of life of populations experiencing poverty and social vulnerability by offering services such as Lotteries, Games of Chance and provision of Services in Cemeteries.

The vision of the said organization is to enhance and facilitate strong social development and public health. Their aim is to do this by making economic and social contributions to various social programs and the Administration of Camposantos.

On the other hand, Lockbit ransomware group is a ransomware service known to have made their way in the scene in September 2019. Lockbit ransomware, make the files of an infected user unusable. The ransomware along with encrypting the files of the victim also ensures that the users pay the ransom. They threaten the victims to publish their files, unless they pay the ransom amount.

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A recent tweet by the Twitter handle @DailyDarkWeb has updated about a platform that helps create scam pages. This platform’s features are reportedly on sale. The Twitter handle shared a post by the Developer of the platform. 

SCAM Pages Creator is on #Sale

This panel provide comment section, admin/worker interface and auto installation wizard
– Custom Live panels
– Multipanels with 5 banks
– Pre-existing panels
– Scampages
– Private SMS gateway with routes and 24/7 maintenance
– Call center pic.twitter.com/CsoBMfIT0b

— Daily Dark Web (@DailyDarkWeb) August 31, 2022

The screenshot shown in the image posted by @DailyDarkWeb displays a user by the title of Verzax. The screenshot shows that Verzax posted the post. 

The post mentions the Web Framework Uadmin. The post asks the audience if they are tired of Uadmins old live panels, which go red in a matter of minutes. 

Citing that condition, the author of the post mentions that he is offering top quality panels and scammas, which lasts for a long time. The author mentions that it is easy to install and thus easy for users to use with many integrated features. 

According to the developer, the panel features:

Strong antibots, comment section, admin/worker interface, autoinstalltion wizard etc. Additionally the tweet by @DailyDarkWeb mentions that the panel also features custom live panels, the multipanels with 5 banks, pre-existing panels, scampages, private SMS gateway with routes and 24/7 maintenance and Call center. 

The screenshot also lists the prices for various services. 

Uadmin is a web framework for Golang. It is a premium admin template built on top of the popular Bootstrap Framework. 

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Microsoft featured Windows Autopatch, a cloud service that automatically provides software updates to Windows and Microsoft 365 is made available by the corporation from July 11, 2022.

Microsoft introduced its Windows Autopatch feature back in April and was made freely available to the customers with the Windows 10/11 Enterprise E3 license. Microsoft customers with this new service can automatically update quality features such as driver, firmware for Windows 10, 11, and Microsoft 356 apps.

According to Microsoft’s Product Marketing Manager Loir Bela, “We are pleased to announce that this service is now generally available for customers with Windows Enterprise E3 and E5 license…Microsoft will continue to release updates the second Tuesday of every month and now Autopatch helps streamline updating operations and create new opportunities for IT pros.”

Microsoft Autopatch can help organizations to move updates directly to Microsoft without any mediator’s service.

Microsoft also guides admins with the following instructions on how to enroll Windows Autopatch into the devices:

• Firstly admin can find the Windows Autopatch entry in the Tenant Administration blade of the Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center.
• Tenant enrollment can be selected.
• Admin can agree to the terms and conditions.
• After that, they can ‘Enroll.’

Windows Autopatch will automatically break up the device fleet into four groups, such as the test ring, first ring, fast ring, and broad ring. The test ring has a minimum number of devices, the first ring has only 1% of endpoints in the corporate environment, the fast ring contains around 9% and the rest of the 90% of devices are the broad ring. Updates will be delivered starting from the test ring to ending with the broad ring automatically.

Ms. Bela further reported the functionalities of the feature saying, “Once you’ve enrolled devices into Autopatch, the service does most of the work,” Bela added on Monday. But through the Autopatch blade in Microsoft Endpoint Manager, you can fine-tune ring membership, access the service health dashboard, generate reports, and file support requests.”

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Adobe Photoshop is software that is extensively used for raster image editing, graphic design, and also digital art. It makes use of layering to allow for depth and flexibility in the design and also in the editing process. The time when one had to divide over hundreds of dollars to have photoshop on the computer. Adobe moved to subscription-based licensing for its software in 2013. A $10 a month gives subscribers access to Photoshop and Lightroom also 20GB of cloud storage and the Photoshop Express App.

Photoshop was created by brothers Thomas and John Knoll in 1988. In 1989, John sold the program to Adobe Systems, which marketed it as “Photoshop”. Since then the program has become effective in the industry for raster graphics editing. It is published for both macOS and Windows, but not Linux. Though it is easy to run photoshop on laptops, using photoshop on iPhone is equally becoming easier than ever. Here’s how one can do it.

Materials needed: iPhone, Photoshop, Express app

Estimated time: Few minutes, depending on the edits applied.

Estimated cost: Photoshop subscription, starting at $9.99

Step 1: Download and open the app

Download the Photoshop Express app from the App Store. Open it and log in to your Adobe account. After giving the app all the permissions it needs starts adding and editing any photos.

Step 2: Choose a photo to edit

This is what the Photoshop Express app’s home screen looks like. One can choose what type of edit he/she wants to make. One thing to make sure to allow Photoshop Express to access your photos, then choose the one you’d like to edit. Then select Edit to edit a photo and add filters, overlays, effects, text, stickers, and more. Retouch will automatically let you choose a photo with a recognizable face in it to edit. One can delete and replace backgrounds on the mix, and the app will take us through the process with a tour. Choose several photos to make a collage or capture an image with the app.

Step 3: Choosing the edits that were chosen

Now main fun lies here is to  edit the photo of  one’s liking with the tools one knows and loves from Photoshop plus countless fun effects and filters

• Filters- Photoshop Express includes tons of filters to edit any photos, from basic and white balance ones to duotone and even pop colours. Adding a filter to the photo can enhance the feel of it, making it more real, warm, or ethereal. This is part of what makes the app stand out from the computer software: just apply a filter, effect, or edits; without needing to be familiar with the Photoshop program.

• Adjustment – With the adjustments, one can be able to edit light and color, add effects like texture or dehaze, sharpen, work with hue and saturation, blur, add vignettes, and many more. The adjustments on Photoshop Express also have the option of selection. One can quickly select to edit the background, the subject, or the full picture.

• Retouch- One can quickly retouch a photo by choosing this option at the top of the app’s home screen. The Retouch option intelligently recognizes faces in photos to let quickly smooth skin, remove blemishes, edit face proportions, and even add makeup or can even apply filters.

• Overlays- Along with all of these edits, one can even add overlays to the photos in Photoshop Express. It has bokeh, watercolour, paper, patterns, neon, vintage, and many, many more overlays to bring the photo to another level.

• Text- One can freely add stickers, borders, and text to the photos.

• Borders- Also lastly there are plenty of borders that are available to choose from.

Step 4: Saving the photo

To save a photo, one has to click on the download icon (with the arrow pointing down) to immediately save the edited photo to his/her photo library or the share icon to save and share it. The share icon will lead you to the second screenshot, where one will be able to choose the quality of the output file, or if one prefers, to just save it or share it.

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Cisco, CompTIA, and AWS offer certification and training Paths Bundle on the Deal Day Sale for lifetime reusability with 13 different practice sets through July 14, 2022. The companies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), and Cisco Prep program offer you to study information technology, network fundamentals, cloud computing, and various other subjects for a low-price deal available only in July.

The companies guarantee to ace your cyber security skills with their simulation practices and bundle sets. They not only offer to teach skills and methods of theory, but they also focus on building your exam mindset with harder questionnaires.

Cramwise has created this exam prep to be available for people who are working personnel or students looking to understand the realms of cyber security. The practice questionnaires get harder each time you correctly fulfill the answer and the added simulation practices with hands-on make you master the subject.

Cramwise team has also reported that every exam in the bundle will be available for a lifetime with updates and you can take them as much as you want until you ace the subject. The bundles include practice tools like Cisco’s Cisco Certification Network Associate (CCNA) test, CompTIA’s A+Core, Network+, Security+, Linux+, CySA+. PenTest+, and Data+ exams and Amazon Web Service’s AWS Solution Architect, SysOps Administrator. Developer Associate, and Certified Cloud Practitioner credentials.

This deal is available for only $24.99 with practice set bundles, lifetime access for fifteen exams, and hands-on simulation to develop strategies.

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