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 ...

Amazon Simple Storage Solution (Amazon S3) allows you to back up data from your Windows Server on its massive cloud storage. Backing up your data is crucial, as it prevents data loss in the event of ...

Threat actors used LLMs to accelerate their attack on a company's AWS cloud environment, needing only 8 minutes to go from initial access to full admin privileges, Sysdig researchers say. It's the ...

Attackers can gain access to AWS accounts or sensitive data by creating in advance S3 storage buckets with predictable names that will be automatically used by various services and tools. Researchers ...

AI-assisted attackers weaponized exposed credentials and permissive roles to move from initial access to full AWS admin ...

The AI-assisted attack, which started with exposed credentials from public S3 buckets, rapidly achieved administrative privilges.

Twilio, the cloud communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) giant, has confirmed a security incident in which attackers accessed a misconfigured Amazon AWS S3 bucket and modified the TaskRouter ...

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Your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is your own private section of the AWS cloud. Managing it effectively means keeping it secure and organized. This involves setting up subnets, route tables, and ...