Once a new bucket is created, its name is unique, and no one else can create another bucket with the same name. For example, an AWS account using CloudFormation in the us-east-1 region could have ...

Technical steps your organization can take to protect itself from the Codefinger ransomware attack and other modern exploits.

Researchers have found a new way to attack AWS services or third-party projects that automatically provision AWS S3 storage buckets. Dubbed Shadow Resource, the new attack vector can result in AWS ...

Attackers re-register abandoned AWS S3 buckets filled with malicious files that are executed by applications looking for these buckets. Code references to nonexistent cloud assets continue to pose ...

AWS S3 storage bucket with unlucky name nearly cost developer $1,300 Amazon says it's working on stopping others from "making your AWS bill explode." Kevin Purdy – Apr 30, 2024 3:43 pm ...

In a separate study by Rhino Labs, where it tested 10,000 AWS S3 buckets used by Alexa top 10,000 sites, found 107 S3 buckets (1.1 percent) were misconfigured. Solving the problem is easy.

And the crooks would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for an ironic twist. The criminals stored the victims' data, more than 2 TB total, in an open S3 bucket misconfigured by its owner.

At last year's re:Inforce conference, AWS announced it would soon start requiring MFA for standalone account root users – ...

Amazon S3, a storage service provided by AWS, Amazon's cloud computing service, requires you to create a bucket to upload data such as photos and videos. Software engineer Maciej Pocwierz reported ...

AWS S3 bucket names are global with predictable names that can be exploited in "S3 bucket namesquatting" attacks to access or hijack S3 buckets. In this article, Varonis explains how these attacks ...