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AWS Trusted Advisor flaw allowed public S3 buckets to go unflagged

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AWS Trusted Advisor flaw allowed public S3 buckets to go unflagged 2025-08-21 at 14:38 By Zeljka Zorz AWS’s Trusted Advisor tool, which is supposed to warn customers if their (cloud) S3 storage buckets are publicly exposed, could be “tricked” into reporting them as not exposed when they actually are, Fog Security researchers have found. S3 […]

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Cloud security gains overshadowed by soaring storage fees

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Cloud security gains overshadowed by soaring storage fees 2025-03-07 at 17:01 By Help Net Security Storage fees in general (e.g., API calls, operations, data access) comprise 49% of an average user’s service bill, compared to the actual stored capacity, according to a study conducted by Vanson Bourne. Nearly all organizations globally have experienced data security-related

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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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Top public cloud security concerns for the media and entertainment industry

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Top public cloud security concerns for the media and entertainment industry 29/05/2023 at 08:48 By Help Net Security Media and entertainment (M&E) companies are rapidly turning to cloud storage in efforts to upgrade their security measures, according Wasabi. Survey findings highlighted that, while M&E organizations are still relatively new to cloud storage (69% of respondents

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Threat actors exploit new channels for advanced phishing attacks

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Threat actors exploit new channels for advanced phishing attacks 26/05/2023 at 07:36 By Help Net Security Perception Point’s team has identified a 356% increase in the number of advanced phishing attacks attempted by threat actors in 2022. Overall, the total number of attacks increased by 87%, highlighting the growing threat that cyber attacks now pose

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