Alleged Anonymous Sudan leaders charged, prolific gang’s tool disabled

A criminal complaint says the group jeopardized lives via DDoS attack, with 35,000 attacks since the beginning of 2023.

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How satellites are pushing security innovation at Amazon

There are few bigger realms of innovation than technology dedicated to outer space. Amazon is using that realm to spurn innovation in its own cybersecurity practices.

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How satellites are pushing security innovation at Amazon

There are few bigger realms of innovation than technology dedicated to outer space. Amazon is using that realm to spurn innovation in its own cybersecurity practices.

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Advocates urge Amazon to drop controversial DHS surveillance program

HART will become the one-stop shop for profiles that combine data from other DHS projects.

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Cloudflare not fully backing out of Russia, company says, as tech firms are forced to weigh in

Cloudflare, a major web infrastructure firm that keeps websites online by protecting them from distributed denial-of-service  attacks, said Monday that it will continue to provide some services within Russia despite several calls to pull out, stating that “Russia needs more Internet access, not less.” The statement is just the latest example of internet infrastructure firms having to explain how they are approaching business in Russia as that country’s government continues its brutal assault on Ukraine, and the government of Ukraine seeks to isolate Russia from the internet by publicly calling out major tech and web firms with business interests there. In a statement, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said the company has seen a “dramatic increase in requests from Russian networks to worldwide media, reflecting a desire by ordinary Russian citizens to see world news beyond that provided within Russia.” The statement detailed the various steps the company has taken to […]

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Reducing the Risk of Credential Leakage

Long-term cloud credentials are often scattered throughout source code, on laptops or desktops, on servers, in cloud resources and in other locations. It’s easy to copy them across machines, creating credential sprawl that increases your leakage risk…. Continue reading Reducing the Risk of Credential Leakage

Amazon’s Sidewalk, a neighborhood device network, is ‘uncharted territory’ for data privacy, watchdogs say

A new Amazon feature aimed at keeping users’ home devices connected to the internet by using a friendly slice of neighborhood broadband is already raising concerns about unintended privacy consequences. Amazon’s Sidewalk network pulls slivers of broadband from its users to create a larger network to extend the range for devices further from a users’ home, such as the tracking device Tile or smart lighting at the edge of a users’ property. Benefits of such technology include helping a user find a lost dog or car keys, Amazon touts. It could also keep devices online if the internet of an individual user goes out. Concerns about the expansion of existing home devices’ reach draws on lingering anxieties about internet-connected home devices. Amazon, Google, and other major home security devices have all suffered significant hacks in recent years, while some have collected an alarming amount of users’ private data. Ring’s doorbell […]

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AWS IAM vs. AWS SSO: Choosing the Right Service

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Understanding and Preventing S3 Leaks

Amazon Simple Storage Service, or S3, is a popular service that many developers today rely on to quickly build applications. Over time, S3 has become a popular target for attackers, resulting in a large number of data leaks. Most of them, such as the … Continue reading Understanding and Preventing S3 Leaks