AWS Implements Solution to S3 Bucketsquatting Security Issue After Decade-Long Problem
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boyter
Hand-rolled, kettle-boiled, baked to perfection. Worth every minute at the bakery.
Summary
AWS has finally implemented a solution to the decade-long bucketsquatting/bucketsniping security issue in S3 storage. The author, who has been working on this problem for 10 years, explains that AWS now has a fix that changes how users should name their S3 buckets to prevent this security vulnerability where attackers could predict and squat on bucket names.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor a decade, I have been working with AWS and third-party security teams to resolve bucketsquatting / bucketsniping issues in AWS S3.
Finally, I am happy to say AWS now has a solution to the problem, and it changes the way you should name your buckets.
Bucketsquatting (or sometimes called bucketsniping) is an issue I first wrote about in 2019, and it has been a recurring issue in AWS S3 ever since.
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