Security News

InfluxDB Cloud now available on Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and AWS
2020-07-23 23:30

With this announcement, InfluxDB Cloud is now live on all three major cloud platforms - Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services. InfluxDB Cloud now available on all major cloud platforms.

Cypress PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCU helps designers reduce risk and costs, drive time-to-market
2020-07-22 01:30

ISO-certified secure provisioning services for the PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCU are offered by Arrow Electronics, enabling OEMs to securely deploy IoT applications at scale. "As the newest component of our IoT-AdvantEdge solutions, the PSoC 64 Standard Secure AWS MCU eliminates design risks, and directly addresses the cost-of-ownership issues that development teams face when building their secure device management service."

Twilio: Someone waltzed into our unsecured AWS S3 silo, added dodgy code to our JavaScript SDK for customers
2020-07-21 23:10

Twilio today confirmed one or more miscreants sneaked into its unsecured cloud storage systems and modified a copy of the JavaScript SDK it shares with its customers. In short, someone was able to get into Twilio's Amazon Web Services S3 bucket, which was left unprotected and world-writable, and alter the TaskRouter v1.20 SDK to include "Non-malicious" code that appeared designed primarily to track whether or not the modification worked.

Twilio: Someone broke into our unsecured AWS S3 silo, added 'non-malicious' code to our JavaScript SDK
2020-07-21 23:10

Twilio today confirmed one or more miscreants sneaked into its unsecured cloud storage systems and modified a copy of the JavaScript SDK it shares with its customers. In short, someone was able to get into Twilio's Amazon Web Services S3 bucket, which was left unprotected and world-writable, and alter the TaskRouter v1.20 SDK to include "Non-malicious" code that appeared designed primarily to track whether or not the modification worked.

AWS IoT SiteWise: Collecting, organizing, and monitoring data from industrial equipment
2020-07-13 02:00

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced the general availability of AWS IoT SiteWise, a managed service that collects data from the plant floor, structures and labels the data, and generates real-time key performance indicators and metrics to help industrial customers make better, data-driven decisions. Customers can use SiteWise to monitor operations across facilities, quickly compute industrial performance metrics, create applications that analyze industrial equipment data to prevent costly equipment issues, and reduce gaps in production.

Thought Machine Vault now runs on Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud
2020-06-30 00:00

The cloud native core banking technology firm, has announced that its core banking platform Vault now runs on every major cloud infrastructure provider including Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud. Vault can be deployed on either the bank's choice of cloud provider, on premise, in a hybrid cloud using OpenShift from Red Hat, or as a SaaS product.

AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians As Criminals
2020-06-29 17:15

Paul Bischoff, consumer privacy expert with Comparitech, found that Amazon's face recognition platform incorrectly misidentified more than 100 photos of US and UK lawmakers as criminals. Rekognition, Amazon's cloud-based facial recognition platform that was first launched in 2016, has been sold and used by a number of United States government agencies, including ICE and Orlando, Florida police, as well as private entities.

AWS launches Amazon Honeycode to help quickly build mobile and web apps without programming
2020-06-26 00:00

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced Amazon Honeycode, a fully managed service that allows customers to quickly build powerful mobile and web applications - with no programming required. Amazon Honeycode does all of this under the covers by automating the process of building and linking the three tiers of functionality found in most business applications, and then deploying fully interactive web and mobile applications to end users so customers can focus on creating great applications without having to worry about writing code or scaling infrastructure.

Datadog now supports Amazon EFS for AWS Lambda on Amazon Web Services
2020-06-19 00:15

Datadog's integration with Amazon EFS for AWS Lambda brings single-click correlation between AWS Lambda and the underlying Elastic File System. "We are excited to see Datadog integrating support for Amazon EFS for AWS Lambda into their serverless monitoring at launch," said Adam Fergus, Manager, DevOps at Fiix.

AWS Snowcone: Ultra-portable, secure edge computing, storage, and data transfer device
2020-06-18 07:47

Today, customers use the AWS Snow Family to collect and process data, run local computing applications, and move large volumes of data from log files, digital media, genomic data, and sensor data from connected devices to AWS. As customers seek to extend the reach of their cloud infrastructure into more edge locations, new use cases are emerging for edge computing in more situations like vehicles, industrial operations, and remote and austere sites that require a rugged and secure device with even greater portability and a smaller form factor than the AWS Snow Family of devices has traditionally provided. AWS Snowcone provides maximum flexibility for edge computing environments, offering a small, ultra-portable, rugged, and military grade secure device to run applications and migrate data to AWS. AWS Snowcone measures 9 inches x 6 inches x 3 inches and weighs 4.5 lbs.