Tag: S3 bucket
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The Register: Generative AI app goes dark after child-like deepfakes found in open S3 bucket
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/nudify_website_open_database/ Source: The Register Title: Generative AI app goes dark after child-like deepfakes found in open S3 bucket Feedly Summary: ‘They went silent and secured the images,’ Jeremiah Fowler tells El Reg Jeremiah Fowler, an Indiana Jones of insecure systems, says he found a trove of sexually explicit AI-generated images exposed to the…
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The Register: Capital One cracker could be sent back to prison after judges rule she got off too lightly
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/21/capital_one_appeal/ Source: The Register Title: Capital One cracker could be sent back to prison after judges rule she got off too lightly Feedly Summary: Feds want harsher sentence for Paige Thompson, who pinched 100M customer records Paige Thompson, the perpetrator of the Capital One data theft, may be sent back behind bars after…
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The Register: Chinese spies suspected of ‘moonlighting’ as tawdry ransomware crooks
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/14/chinese_spies_ransomware_moonlighting/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese spies suspected of ‘moonlighting’ as tawdry ransomware crooks Feedly Summary: Some employees steal sticky notes, others ‘borrow’ malicious code A crew identified as a Chinese government-backed espionage group appears to have started moonlighting as a ransomware player – further evidence that lines are blurring between nation-state cyberspies…
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Schneier on Security: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/delivering-malware-through-abandoned-amazon-s3-buckets.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Delivering Malware Through Abandoned Amazon S3 Buckets Feedly Summary: Here’s a supply-chain attack just waiting to happen. A group of researchers searched for, and then registered, abandoned Amazon S3 buckets for about $400. These buckets contained software libraries that are still used. Presumably the projects don’t realize…