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YES3 Scanner: Open-source S3 security scanner for public access, ransomware protection

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YES3 Scanner: Open-source S3 security scanner for public access, ransomware protection 2025-04-07 at 07:35 By Mirko Zorz YES3 Scanner is an open-source tool that scans and analyzes 10+ different configuration items for your S3 buckets in AWS. This includes access such as public access via ACLs and bucket policies – including the complex combinations of […]

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Whitepaper: Voice of Security 2025

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Whitepaper: Voice of Security 2025 2025-03-26 at 16:02 By Help Net Security Discover insights from 900 security leaders across the globe in IDC’s Voice of Security 2025 survey, sponsored by Tines in partnership with AWS. Understand the biggest challenges facing security teams today, and how they can stay ahead of the curve in the age

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Ingress-nginx vulnerabilities can lead to Kubernetes cluster takeover

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Ingress-nginx vulnerabilities can lead to Kubernetes cluster takeover 2025-03-25 at 18:54 By Zeljka Zorz Wiz researchers have unearthed several critical vulnerabilities affecting Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes (ingress-nginx) that may allow attackers to take over Kubernetes clusters. “Based on our analysis, about 43% of cloud environments are vulnerable to these vulnerabilities, with our research uncovering

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Finders Keypers: Open-source AWS KMS key usage finder

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Finders Keypers: Open-source AWS KMS key usage finder 2025-03-24 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz Finders Keypers is an open-source tool for analyzing the current usage of AWS KMS keys. It supports both AWS customer managed KMS keys and AWS Managed KMS keys. Use cases include: Identifying the blast radius of specific KMS keys and the

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Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Enabled Attacks Against Governments, Big Firms

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Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Enabled Attacks Against Governments, Big Firms 2025-02-05 at 14:50 By Eduard Kovacs 150 abandoned Amazon S3 buckets could have been leveraged to deliver malware or backdoors to governments and Fortune companies. The post Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Enabled Attacks Against Governments, Big Firms appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Attackers are encrypting AWS S3 data without using ransomware

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Attackers are encrypting AWS S3 data without using ransomware 2025-01-13 at 19:03 By Zeljka Zorz A ransomware gang dubbed Codefinger is encrypting data stored in target organizations’ AWS S3 buckets with AWS’s server-side encryption option with customer-provided keys (SSE-C), and asking for money to hand over the key they used. They do not exfiltrate the

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The shocking speed of AWS key exploitation

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The shocking speed of AWS key exploitation 2024-12-02 at 21:19 By Zeljka Zorz It’s no secret that developers often inadvertently expose AWS access keys online and we know that these keys are being scraped and misused by attackers before organizations get a chance to revoke them. Clutch Security researchers performed a test to see just

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AWS offers incident response service

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AWS offers incident response service 2024-12-02 at 14:15 By Zeljka Zorz Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new service to help organizations prepare for and recover from ransomware attacks, account takeovers, data breaches, and other security events: AWS Security Incident Response (SIR). Creating a case (Source: AWS) AWS Security Incident Response explained “Security events

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Deploy a SOC using Kali Linux in AWS

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Deploy a SOC using Kali Linux in AWS 2024-11-25 at 07:04 By Mirko Zorz The Kali SOC in AWS project enables the deployment of a Security Operations Center (SOC) in AWS, utilizing the Kali Linux toolset for purple team activities. This environment is ideal for honing skills in security operations, threat detection, incident response, and

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AWS security essentials for managing compliance, data protection, and threat detection

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AWS security essentials for managing compliance, data protection, and threat detection 2024-11-07 at 07:03 By Help Net Security AWS offers a comprehensive suite of security tools to help organizations manage compliance, protect sensitive data, and detect threats within their environments. From AWS Security Hub and Amazon GuardDuty to Amazon Macie and AWS Config, each tool

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Whispr: Open-source multi-vault secret injection tool

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Whispr: Open-source multi-vault secret injection tool 2024-11-04 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz Whispr is an open-source CLI tool designed to securely inject secrets from secret vaults, such as AWS Secrets Manager and Azure Key Vault, directly into your application’s environment. This enhances secure local software development by seamlessly managing sensitive information. Whispr key features Safe

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The Cloud Latency Map measures latency across 100+ cloud regions

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The Cloud Latency Map measures latency across 100+ cloud regions 2024-10-29 at 16:03 By Industry News Kentik launched The Cloud Latency Map, a free public tool allowing anyone to explore the latencies measured between over 100 cloud regions worldwide. Users can identify recent changes in latencies globally between various public clouds and data center regions

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Thousands of Apps Using AWS ALB Exposed to Attacks Due to Configuration Issue

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Thousands of Apps Using AWS ALB Exposed to Attacks Due to Configuration Issue 2024-08-21 at 16:01 By Eduard Kovacs As many as 15,000 applications using AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) could be exposed to ALBeast attacks.  The post Thousands of Apps Using AWS ALB Exposed to Attacks Due to Configuration Issue appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cloud Misconfigurations Expose 110,000 Domains to Extortion in Widespread Campaign

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Cloud Misconfigurations Expose 110,000 Domains to Extortion in Widespread Campaign 2024-08-16 at 17:46 By Ionut Arghire Security researchers at Palo Alto Networks discover a threat actor extorting organizations after compromising their cloud environments using inadvertently exposed environment variables. The post Cloud Misconfigurations Expose 110,000 Domains to Extortion in Widespread Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Hide yo environment files! Or risk getting your cloud-stored data stolen and held for ransom

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Hide yo environment files! Or risk getting your cloud-stored data stolen and held for ransom 2024-08-15 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz Cybercriminals are breaking into organizations’ cloud storage containers, exfiltrating their sensitive data and, in several cases, have been paid off by the victim organizations to not leak or sell the stolen data. “The attackers

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Scout Suite: Open-source cloud security auditing tool

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Scout Suite: Open-source cloud security auditing tool 2024-08-12 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Scout Suite is an open-source, multi-cloud security auditing tool designed to assess the security posture of cloud environments. By leveraging the APIs provided by cloud vendors, Scout Suite collects and organizes configuration data, making it easier to identify potential risks. Instead

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AWS Deploying ‘Mithra’ Neural Network to Predict and Block Malicious Domains

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AWS Deploying ‘Mithra’ Neural Network to Predict and Block Malicious Domains 2024-08-06 at 00:01 By Ryan Naraine AWS says a massive neural network graph model with 3.5 billion nodes and 48 billion edges is speeding up the prediction and detection of malicious domains. The post AWS Deploying ‘Mithra’ Neural Network to Predict and Block Malicious

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AWS Announces Authentication and Malware Protection Enhancements

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AWS Announces Authentication and Malware Protection Enhancements 2024-06-14 at 10:01 By Eduard Kovacs AWS announced passkey MFA for IAM and root users, IAM Access Analyzer updates, and Amazon GuardDuty Malware Protection for S3. The post AWS Announces Authentication and Malware Protection Enhancements appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed

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Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323)

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Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323) 2024-05-21 at 14:31 By Zeljka Zorz Tenable researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-4323) in Fluent Bit, a logging utility used by major cloud providers and tech companies, which may be leveraged for denial of service, information disclosure, or remote code execution. About

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