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200,000 Workers’ PII at Risk in WorkComposer S3 SNAFU

Don’t say ‘spyware’—21 million screenshots in one open bucket ...

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Report Reveals AWS S3 Buckets are Poorly Protected

Frank Ohlhorst | June 16, 2021 | ACL, Amazon S3 bucket, cloud storage

Research from Lightspin indicates that AWS S3 Buckets are not as secure as many users may think. Lightspin, which specializes in cloud security services, inspected more than 40,000 Amazon S3 buckets and ...

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Five Most Common Cloud Threats

Or Azarzar | May 25, 2021 | Amazon S3 bucket, Cloud Security, misconfigurations

Cloud threats are on the rise. At any point in time, sensitive data can move between 2,481 different cloud apps and services, making it a prime target for cybercriminals. A recent study ...

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Understanding and Preventing S3 Leaks

Manav Mital | April 2, 2021 | Amazon S3 bucket, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloud Security, Data Security, SSRF

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 ...

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Security Researcher Discovers Over 50,000 Scanned Driver’s Licenses Exposed on Unsecured Amazon Server

Alina Bizga | September 1, 2020 | Amazon S3 bucket, Data leak, Digital Privacy, Driver's License Records Leaked, Industry News, misconfigured database, NSW, unsecured data

A data leak containing 54,000 scanned New South Wales (NSW) driver’s licenses and various tolling notice statutory declarations were discovered by security researcher Bob Diachenko last week. “More than 50K scanned driver ...

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