Security researchers are sounding the alarm about Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) tainted with malicious code that could compromise an organization’s cloud environment. While the method is not new, it ...

Malicious Community Amazon Machine Images are a ripe target for hackers, say researchers. Researchers are sounding the alarm over what they say is a growing threat vector tied to Amazon Web Services ...

Security researchers urge AWS customers running Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instances based on community Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) to check for potentially malicious embedded code, following their ...

For years, Amazon has made it possible to copy Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), either within a region or across regions. These AMI copy operations are often a key step in disaster recovery operations.

Now Amazon customers can go to Amazon marketplace, search for the AMI and launch a skyGate instance in minutes. The gateway is instantly ready with 5 default users within 5 minutes, enabling Amazon ...

Thousands of active AWS accounts are vulnerable to a cloud image name confusion attack that could allow attackers to execute codes within those accounts. According to DataDog research, vulnerable ...