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AWS S3 Bucket Vulnerability and the Threat of Bucket Monopoly

The recent discovery of critical vulnerabilities in AWS S3 buckets has raised serious concerns about data security in the cloud. A particularly dangerous attack method, dubbed “Bucket Monopoly,” has exacerbated these risks. Understanding Bucket Monopoly Bucket Monopoly is a technique that exploits the predictable naming structure of S3 buckets. These buckets are typically named usingContinue reading “AWS S3 Bucket Vulnerability and the Threat of Bucket Monopoly”

CrowdStrike and the world’s Largest IT outage in history

A massive IT outage is causing worldwide chaos with disruption at airports, banks, medical centers, and more. Millions of computer systems are not working this morning – only displaying the “blue screen of death” – as a result of a Microsoft glitch What is the cause ? Crowdstrike’s update for Microsoft Windows is causing thisContinue reading “CrowdStrike and the world’s Largest IT outage in history”

Hashing and Tools for Decrypting Passwords

Hashing is a fundamental concept in computer science and cybersecurity, particularly in the realm of password security. It involves the process of converting input data (such as a password) into a fixed-size string of characters, known as a hash value or simply a hash. This hash value is generated using a hashing algorithm, which isContinue reading “Hashing and Tools for Decrypting Passwords”