GIGAZINE

Empty S3 buckets cause AWS bills to explode, Amazon announces it will address the issue

As a proof of concept for a document indexing system he was building for a client, Pocwierz created a single S3 bucket in the AWS ' eu-west-1 ' region and uploaded several files for testing. After ...
Threat Post

Experts Warn Too Often AWS S3 Buckets Are Misconfigured, Leak Data

An analysis of Amazon Web Services storage containers reveals troubling trend of misconfigured S3 buckets that leak data. Reasons why this keeps on happening vary. But, Detectify Labs believes many ...
Computer Weekly

Exposed AWS buckets again implicated in multiple data leaks

The lack of care being taken to correctly configure cloud environments has once again been highlighted by two serious data leaks in the UK caused by misconfigured Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) ...
Healthcare IT News

Accenture latest to breach client data due to misconfigured AWS server

Technology and cloud leader Accenture inadvertently left four Amazon Web Services S3 buckets open to the public, which could have allowed any user to download the contents, according to a report ...
CSOonline

Act fast to blunt a new ransomware attack on AWS S3 buckets

A threat actor is leveraging AWS’s own encryption against victim firms with no way out except paying for decryption keys, says report. CISOs are being warned to make sure employees take extra steps ...