Security News

Vendor Exposes Backup of Chicago Voter Roll via AWS Bucket (Threatpost)

2017-08-18 17:55

Voter registration data belonging to the entirety of Chicago’s electoral roll—1.8 million records—was found a week ago in an Amazon Web Services bucket.

#AWS #backup #chicago #threatpost

Amazon Launches AWS Data Protection Service (Security Week)

2017-08-16 09:57

Amazon announced this week the launch of Macie, a new security service that helps Amazon Web Services (AWS) users discover, classify and protect sensitive data. read more

#amazon #AWS #security

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

2017-07-13 13:00

An analysis of Amazon Web Services storage containers reveals troubling trend of misconfigured S3 buckets that leak data.

#AWS #buckets #leak #S3 #threatpost

Over 14 Million Verizon Customers' Data Exposed On Unprotected AWS Server (The Hackers News)

2017-07-12 10:12

Verizon, the major telecommunications provider, has suffered a data security breach with over 14 million US customers' personal details exposed on the Internet after NICE Systems, a third-party...

#AWS #hacker #server #verizon

WWE Exposes Details of 3 Million Customers on AWS (Security Week)

2017-07-07 16:35

In what is likely to be an operator or technician error, WWE left unencrypted personal details of more than 3 million customers exposed on AWS in at least two separate databases. The issue was...

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