SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

A visitor checks in at the Amazon corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington. In a move that could bring some relief to organizations looking to secure their cloud migrations, Amazon Web Services on Friday announced that it had acquired Wickr, provider of secure end-to-end encryption and communications platform.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

On September 24th, researchers discovered that the NLP platform was exposing sensitive credentials, secrets, and encryption keys via publicly available JS files. In addition to that, a number of Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets were left publicly accessible to anyone. Moreover, the door itself was also open.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 30, 2023

Terminology AWS Region – a physical location around the world where we cluster data centers. AWS Availability Zone (AZ) – is one or more discrete data centers with redundant power, networking, and connectivity in an AWS Region. Security may be partially implemented, which is an ongoing challenging issue.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Visitors arrive at the cloud pavilion of Amazon Web Services at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair in Hanover, Germany. In a blog, Check Point researchers said they have worked with AWS Security to provide customers with the necessary information to help them resolve any configuration issues with the SSMs.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2021

The FBI arrested a man for allegedly planning a bomb attack against Amazon Web Services (AWS) to kill about 70% of the internet. The FBI arrested Seth Aaron Pendley (28), from Texas, for allegedly planning to launch a bomb attack against Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center on Smith Switch Road in Ashburn, Virginia.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 29, 2021

Apple had become Google’s largest customer of cloud data services. The report said Apple was on track to spend about $300 million on Google cloud storage services in 2021 – a 50% increase year-over-year. And because the data gets encrypted by Apple, Google can’t obtain the customer’s iCloud information.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2024

Fortra, Apple, and Amazon Web Services had vulnerabilities, too. According to Fortra, “A directory traversal within the ‘ftpservlet’ of the FileCatalyst Workflow Web Portal allows files to be uploaded outside of the intended ‘uploadtemp’ directory with a specially crafted POST request.” and 9.19.0,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Interestingly, the attack is the second in just a week, giving the officials a hard time to recover the data and bring back the vaccination services to normalcy. Lapsus$ is reportedly demanding a hefty sum from the Brazil Health Ministry Systems and, if denied, is threatening to release the 4TB stolen data onto the dark web.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2022

Security researchers at Cado Security, a cybersecurity forensics company, recently discovered the first publicly-known malware targeting Lambda , the serverless computing platform of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Use a strong AWS root account password. ( If you have an access key for your AWS root account, delete it.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The list includes Amazon (banned in 2018), Google (2018), Microsoft (2022), and Cloudflare (2015). HTTPS protocols are encrypted, so it can be used to discreetly connect to a different target domain. million AWS and Google Cloud IP addresses in an attempt to frustrate access to Telegram’s instant messenger.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2020

But, while cloud providers boast that their storage services — or “buckets” — offer added application security , they have also consistently proven vulnerable. A bucket is a virtual storage unit provided and partly maintained by a cloud services provider. Amazon Web Services (AWS). Secure your buckets.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2019

OTA -- over-the-air updates) were stored in a publicly accessible AWS S3 bucket that also lacked TLS encryption (CVE-2019-16270, CVE-2019-16274). Unauthenticated web server: a web server running Android OS on port 8080 discloses all whiteboards stored locally on the device (CVE-2019-16271).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 18, 2019

In response to this need, Thales has partnered with VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, and offers our Vormetric Transparent Encryption with VMware Cloud on AWS.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2020

vpnMentor discovered a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket that was leaking documents uploaded by the users. “A misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket owned by the company exposed these uploads and revealed their owners’ private data. .”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 22, 2019

VMWare Cloud on AWS. VMware Cloud on AWS is an integrated cloud offering that allows organizations to create vSphere data centers on Amazon Web Services. Enter Thales’s Vormetric Transparent Encryption. Vormetric Transparent Encryption for VMWare Cloud on AWS. But what about security?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

A Guide to Key Management as a Service madhav Thu, 06/15/2023 - 11:29 As companies adopt a cloud-first strategy and high-profile breaches hit the headlines, securing sensitive data has become a paramount business concern. The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2019

Another best practice is to encrypt the data and tightly maintain access and control of the keys. This is what Thales’s Bring Your Own Encryption (BYOE) is all about. Consequently, Thales has extended BYOE support to VMware Cloud on AWS (VCA), AWS CloudHSM, and MySQL on Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) and SAP HANA on Microsoft Azure.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

To increase efforts to secure user data, Snewpit will be reviewing “all server logs and access control settings” to confirm that no unauthorized access took place and to ensure that “user data is secure and encrypted.”. The publicly available Amazon bucket appears to belong to Snewpit, a software company based in Australia.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 6, 2023

The IRS-authorized electronic filing service for tax returns, eFile.com, has been caught serving a couple of malicious JavaScript (JS) files these past few weeks, according to several security researchers and corroborated by BleepingComputer. contains encrypted malicious code—meaning it cannot be read plainly.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2022

While cloud security offerings provide a wide spectrum of choices, there are three generalized situations to compare against on-premises data centers: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). When in doubt, consider the service or the access.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

In early 2020, researchers found something weird going on with Linux servers hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS). In a perfect world, the firewalls of our servers would only allow web traffic in from trusted ports. encrypt extension being appended to affected files. 024BTC (~$720 USD as of June 2022).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes integrates seamlessly with Red Hat OpenShift to secure data in persistent volumes attached to pods running on OpenShift. Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes is certified in the Red Hat ecosystem catalogue , as well as a certified Kubernetes operator.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes integrates seamlessly with Red Hat OpenShift to secure data in persistent volumes attached to pods running on OpenShift. Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes is certified in the Red Hat ecosystem catalogue , as well as a certified Kubernetes operator.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Because these tests can use illegal hacker techniques, pentest services will sign a contract detailing their roles, goals, and responsibilities. Web application tests Web-based applications are critical for the operation of almost every organizations. See the Top Web Application Firewalls 4.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Authorities charged the 33-year-old former Amazon software engineer with masterminding the hack. The tools and tutorials to execute deeply invasive hacks, and the support services and access to black markets – to get lucratively paid – are readily available and accessible. Thompson’s mistake was that she operated on U.S.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 29, 2022

The purpose of this document is to provide the reader with a high-level overview of cloud delivery models, introduce the different deployment scenarios in which cloud services can be operated in, and highlight the risks to an organization when deploying and operating a cloud environment. Choose your cloud service provider (CSP) wisely.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

The massive trove of emails was left on a publicly accessible Amazon AWS server, allowing anyone to download and access the data. On June 10, the exposed S3 bucket was closed by Amazon and is no longer accessible. The publicly available Amazon S3 bucket contained 67 files. What data is in the bucket? Who had access?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 6, 2021

Web application firewalls (WAFs) are a critical component for robust application security. The primary task for WAFs is to protect specific applications from web-based attacks at the application layer. Best Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). Amazon Web Services. Checkpoint. Cloudflare. Microsoft Azure.

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Hacker Combat

JANUARY 30, 2022

Unfortunately, the users did not know they were unknowingly subscribing to the app’s premium service by submitting their number. When the user installed the scammer app on their phones, the application would load into web view and later be held on CloudFront, after JavaScript files links on AWS would give feedback to the request.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest?

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 11, 2018

The latest example of this dichotomy comes from Timehop, a service that enables social media users to plug into their past. As such, Hudson argues persuasively that the root of the matter comes down to the need for organizations to keep a much closer account of access logons and encryption keys. LW: How big is this challenge?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Making matters worse, ransomware as a service has developed into a lucrative business model, and attackers are relentless in developing creative ways to infiltrate IT environments to capture data and hold it hostage.”. Also see the Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services. DR as a Service. Key Differentiators.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Office 365 administrators , looking for a seamless, easy-to-use, automatical ransomware protection service; 2. Identification of the damaged (encrypted) files. This is what, among other features, makes our service so irreplaceable for Office 365 administrators. Spin Technology’s solution is a helping hand for: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

Established tech companies – including Red Hat (now owned by IBM) with OpenShift, VMware with Tanzu and Canonical, as well as top cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud – have since embraced Kubernetes as a key part of their larger hybrid cloud strategies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 6, 2023

There are, at minimum, two schemes that need to be reviewed, but consider if you have more from this potential, and probably incomplete, list: Cloud service master account management AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Architecture (OCA), Name Service Registrars (E.g.,

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

They may also find material on the dark web including login credentials – which can be very helpful for the subsequent steps. For example, they might lease cloud services or buy network domains to help them in compromising the victim’s infrastructure. They explore the network and may exploit resources or shared services.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While cloud service providers (CSPs) offer their own native security, CWPP offers an additional layer of customized protection and management to fit the demands of workloads. It handles cloud security risks that cloud service providers don’t , such as misconfigurations and user connection vulnerabilities.

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