Unlocking Efficiency Containers and Kubernetes offer numerous advantages for organizations, significantly enhancing application development and deployment processes. One of the primary benefits is agile application development, as containers simplify packaging and facilitate rapid deployment. This allows for frequent application builds, quick software releases, and granular rollbacks, ultimately improving top-line growth and customer experience. Another key Read More …
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YES3 Scanner: Bolstering Amazon S3 Security
Fog Security has released YES3 Scanner, an open-source tool designed to address critical Amazon S3 security misconfigurations and enhance ransomware prevention. This tool emerges amidst a heightened focus on supply-chain attacks, cloud ransomware, and cryptocurrency attacks exploiting compromised S3 static website hosting, aiming to overcome limitations found in existing security solutions. YES3 Scanner meticulously evaluates Read More …
A Beginner’s Guide to Containers and Kubernetes in IT
What Are Containers and Kubernetes? Imagine you’re moving. Instead of packing individual items loosely, you put everything for your kitchen into one box, label it, and seal it. That’s essentially what a container does for software. It packages an application and all its dependencies (like libraries and settings) into a single, isolated unit. This ensures Read More …
Notes :: Kubernetes
Key topics include: Traditional vs. Kubernetes Challenges: Comparing the challenges of managing applications in traditional virtual machine environments versus containerized Kubernetes environments. Kubernetes Fundamentals: Defining Kubernetes, its origins, why it’s used, and key concepts like cluster architecture, API server, nodes, pods, and network policies. Kubernetes Security Fundamentals: Discussing control plane and data plane protection, including API protection, encryption, Read More …
VPC – Virtual Private Cloud
A Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a logically isolated section of the AWS cloud where users can define and control a virtualized network environment. VPCs enable users to launch AWS resources, such as Amazon EC2 instances, within a virtual network that they define, providing enhanced security and control over their Read More …
ARN – Amazon Resource Name
An Amazon Resource Name (ARN) is a unique identifier used in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to specify resources across the AWS ecosystem. ARNs are essential for managing permissions and access control, as they allow users to precisely define which resources they are referring to in their policies and API calls. The structure of an ARN Read More …
Cloud Penetration Testing for Traditional Hackers | Nick Frichette
An introduction to cloud penetration testing on AWS, tailored for those familiar with traditional web and network penetration testing. It highlights critical areas and potential pitfalls in AWS security, using practical attack scenarios to illustrate key concepts. The discussion covers common vulnerabilities like leaky S3 buckets and misconfigured resource-based policies, emphasizing the importance of securing Read More …
What are the advantages of FASP
The speed increases are achieved by sending larger packets than TCP, not waiting for confirmation that a packet has been received before sending the next one, and only re-sending packets that are confirmed as having been dropped. FASP (Fast and Secure Protocol), used in IBM Aspera, offers significant advantages for cloud data transfer, enabling faster, Read More …
Notes – AWS Systems Manager Session Manager
Session Manager is a fully managed AWS Systems Manager tool. With Session Manager, you can manage EC2 instances, edge devices, on-premises servers, and VMs. You can use either an interactive one-click browser-based shell or the AWS Command Line Interface. Session Manager provides secure node management without the need to open inbound ports, maintain bastion hosts, Read More …
Some fun AWS reads
Bucket Monopoly: Breaching AWS Accounts Through Shadow Resources https://www.aquasec.com/blog/bucket-monopoly-breaching-aws-accounts-through-shadow-resources/ Capturing Exposed AWS Keys During Dynamic Web Application Tests https://www.praetorian.com/blog/capturing-exposed-aws-keys-during-dynamic-web-application-tests/ AWS Network Firewall egress filtering can be easily bypassed https://canglad.com/blog/2023/aws-network-firewall-egress-filtering-can-be-easily-bypassed/