Abandoned AWS S3 buckets can be reused in supply-chain attacks that would make SolarWinds look 'insignificant'

Abandoned AWS S3 buckets could be reused to hijack the global software supply chain in an attack that would make Russia's ...
Bleeping Computer

How attackers abuse S3 Bucket Namesquatting — And How to Stop Them

With the sheer amount of data and users leveraging AWS, it’s easy for misconfigurations to slip through the cracks. One commonly overlooked area is the naming of S3 buckets. AWS S3 bucket names are ...
CSOonline

Abandoned AWS S3 buckets open door to remote code execution, supply-chain compromises

Attackers re-register abandoned AWS S3 buckets filled with malicious files that are executed by applications looking for these buckets. Code references to nonexistent cloud assets continue to pose ...
Bleeping Computer

Misconfigured Amazon S3 Buckets Expose Users, Companies to Stealthy MitM Attacks

Hackers can exploit exposed Amazon S3 buckets to carry out silent Man-in-the-Middle attacks or other hacks on a company's customers or internal staff. Codenamed GhostWriter, the technique relies on an ...
CSOonline

S3 shadow buckets leave AWS accounts open to compromise

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 ...
Dark Reading

AWS's Predictable Bucket Names Make Accounts Easier to Crack

The Amazon Web Services Cloud Development Kit (CDK), a popular open source tool, allows cyber teams to conveniently build software-defined cloud infrastructure with widely used programming languages, ...