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At the heart of AWS’s threat intelligence capabilities is MadPot, a network of distributed honeypots spread across the Amazon EC2 compute environment. These honeypots, intentionally vulnerable and mirroring various instance types, act as decoys, attracting and analysing malicious activities. #AWS #honeypots #security
🚀Day-1: Exploring AWS Security🚀 Topic: Amazon GuardDuty 🔍 What is Amazon GuardDuty ? Amazon GuardDuty is a fully managed threat detection service that continuously monitors Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts and workloads for malicious or unauthorized behavior. It uses machine learning, anomaly detection, and integrated threat intelligence to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities. Think of it as a security guard for AWS environment, watching over your environment 24/7 to spot potential threats. 🛠️ Real-World Example: Imagine an e-commerce website running on AWS. One day, GuardDuty sends an alert that a compromised EC2 instance is transferring large amounts of data to an unknown external IP. By detecting unusual network behavior, GuardDuty helps you catch a potential data breach before it's too late. With this alert, you can immediately take action—like isolating the instance and securing your data. 🔑 AWS Security Tip: GuardDuty is an essential tool in securing AWS infrastructure. By integrating it with other AWS services, like CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and AWS Lambda, we can automate responses and improve our security posture. #Day1 #AWSSecurity #AWS #GuardDuty #CloudSecurity #CloudComputing #ThreatDetection #MachineLearning #CyberSecurity #AWSExam #DataProtection #SecurityAutomation #AWSCommunity #AWSCloud #CloudSecurityBestPractices #AWSLearning
What is AWS GuardDuty? Amazon GuardDuty is a threat monitoring service that keeps an eye out for illegal activity and harmful activities to safeguard workloads, and data stored in Amazon S3, and AWS accounts. 🛡️ How does AWS GuardDuty work? Amazon GuardDuty provides continuous monitoring of AWS CloudTrail, Amazon VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs to detect potential security threats. 🕵️♂️ Utilizing built-in threat intelligence, anomaly detection, and machine learning capabilities developed by the AWS security team, the service conducts near-real-time analysis.🧠 GuardDuty classifies AWS cloud threats into three categories: Attacker reconnaissance: 🔍 This includes identifying failed login patterns, unusual API activity, and instances of port scanning. Compromised resources: 💼 GuardDuty detects threats such as cryptojacking, abnormal increases in network traffic, and unauthorized access to EC2 instances through an external IP address. Compromised accounts:🔒This category involves recognizing API calls from unexpected locations, attempts to disable CloudTrail, and irregular deployments of instances or infrastructure. While administrators can specify a list of “safe” IP addresses for GuardDuty, the service does not support custom detection criteria.📌 However, administrators can provide feedback on GuardDuty findings by indicating approval or disapproval.👍 GuardDuty sends security alerts to the Management Console in JSON format, enabling administrators or automated workflows to take appropriate actions. For instance, Amazon CloudWatch Events can leverage GuardDuty findings to trigger AWS Lambda code for adjusting security configurations.🚨 Read More: https://lnkd.in/gj5kRzM3 #AWS #GuardDuty #CloudSecurity #ThreatMonitoring #AWSCloud #CyberSecurity
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing giant, has taken a significant step forward in bolstering its security infrastructure with the unveiling of "Mithra." This innovative system leverages a massive internal neural network graph model, boasting 3.5 billion nodes and 48 billion edges, to identify and rank the trustworthiness of domains. What Makes Mithra Unique? It goes beyond traditional security measures by employing a cutting-edge machine learning approach. The implementation of Mithra signifies a significant boost in security for AWS customers. Here's what it entails: ! Mithra provides a sophisticated layer of defense against malicious actors and malware. This translates to a more secure environment for businesses using AWS services. ! By proactively identifying and blocking threats, Mithra minimizes the risk of cyberattacks that could lead to service disruptions and data breaches. ! Mithra's advanced security features can help businesses meet stringent industry regulations and data privacy requirements. Looking forward, it's clear to me that this large-scale neural network system has the potential to revolutionize cloud security by providing unparalleled protection against emerging threats. https://lnkd.in/dk5ZxVRK #AWS #neuralnetworkgraphmodel #security #cloud #cloudsecurity #technology #innovation
This post offers an inside look at the strategies AWS uses to detect and disrupt threats at a massive scale. https://lnkd.in/dHCeGp7d #security #devsecops #aws
🚨 NEW AWS Sensitive Permissions Update for May: 🚨 Hey folks, May brought a wave of new AWS services and sensitive permissions that you need to keep an eye on. Here's the lowdown: 🔐 EC2: DisableImageDeregistrationProtection This permission prevents the deregistration of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). If misused, it could be exploited to avoid detection by maintaining unauthorized AMIs in your environment. Mapped to the MITRE Tactic: Defensive Evasion, it’s crucial to ensure this permission is tightly controlled. 🛡️ Connect: AdminGetEmergencyAccessToken This permission allows emergency access to an Amazon Connect instance, bypassing normal authentication measures. It poses a significant risk for Privilege Escalation, as an attacker could use it to gain unauthorized access by masquerading as a legitimate user needing emergency access. 📧 SES: UpdateRelay With this permission, an attacker can modify SMTP relay configurations to route emails through a malicious server, enabling Persistence. This could facilitate ongoing interception or alteration of email communications, which is a serious security concern. These are just a few of the permissions AWS released in May that our team evaluated as especially sensitive. Managing these permissions effectively is crucial to maintaining a secure environment. As always, new services and permissions mean new challenges. Stay ahead of the curve by being aware of the potential risks and proactively securing your AWS environments. 🔥 Here's a live screenshot from the Sonrai Security Cloud Permissions Firewall, showcasing how we map these permissions to their respective MITRE Tactics and protect against misuse with just a single click! For the full list of permissions and our detailed analysis, check out the blog link in the comments. Learn how attackers could leverage each permission and how to defend against them. Feel free to shoot me a DM if you want more details! #iam #ciem #identity #aws #TheyJustLogin
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🛡️💪 Secure your DynamoDB with VPC Endpoints! By isolating your network, you ensure data stays within the #Amazon network, enhancing protection against external threats. Discover how to set up a #VPC endpoint and create a secure path for your #DynamoDB access. 💡🔒 Tap into insights from #cyber expert Selam G. to protect your #data with best practices in network isolation: https://hubs.ly/Q02Ggjh60 #SpiderLabs #VirtualPrivateCloud #AWS
AWS announces the general availability of Amazon GuardDuty EC2 Runtime Monitoring, taking threat detection to the next level for EC2 instances. With expanded threat detection coverage, including continuous monitoring of VPC Flow Logs, DNS query logs, and AWS CloudTrail management events, you gain visibility into on-host, OS-level activities, and container-level context, empowering you to detect and respond to potential threats targeting EC2 workloads. 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓? Threats to EC2 workloads often involve remote code execution, leading to malware downloads and execution. With GuardDuty EC2 Runtime Monitoring, one can identify instances or self-managed containers connecting to suspicious IP addresses associated with cryptocurrency-related or malware command-and-control activity. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭! GuardDuty Runtime Monitoring offers visibility into suspicious commands involving malicious file downloads and executions, which helps discover threats during the initial compromise phase before they escalate into business-impacting events. Additionally, enabling runtime threat detection coverage across your organization is effortless with AWS Organizations, streamlining your security approach. Stay tuned for more such updates on cloud security. #AWS #GuardDuty #CloudSecurity
EKS Pod Identity or if you want - IRSAv2 (as dubbed internally) What's the deal with EKS Pod Identity and why should you even care? While IRSA does provide a way for Pods within your cluster to authenticate and access AWS services such as S3 or DynamoDB tables, the setup is a bit messy, it's harder to audit (who has access to what?) and deploying it at scale hits the OIDC limitation very soon. EKS Pod Identities to the rescue! Here are the clear winners: 1. Easier auditing - the ability to easily understand what Pods / SAs have access to what AWS services using aws API 2. Easier maintenance of k8s manifests - no need to annotate service accounts, just the spec.serviceAccountName field and all the magic happens under the hood with the mutating Pod Identity Webhook 3. A single (AWS) API to rule them all - no need to access the k8s API Server - have a single AWS API to rule them all. Wonderful for IaC scenarios and deployments at scale. Resources: https://lnkd.in/d-QW-f6s https://lnkd.in/dedFQb-u #eks #kubernetessecurity
AWS dropped two game-changers for Amazon #EKS – EKS Pod Identity and EKS Access Management 💻 These features represent a significant step forward in the cohesive management of cloud/cluster access and permissions. But, what are the security implications? How do they affect existing security controls? Wiz answers these questions in our 2-blog series. 📚 Let's break it down: 1️⃣ EKS Access Management and Pod Identity features: We review the feature architecture and implementation and dive into the security implications, such as detection considerations, effective permission calculations, protection of identity tokens, and usage of a default SA. https://lnkd.in/ec4iYPuQ 2️⃣ New Attack Vectors in EKS: Here we talk about new avenues for exploitation by malicious actors by showing various tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) that adversaries might exploit, capitalizing on these new capabilities. https://lnkd.in/egNcraur Read our new blogs to learn more about our security best practices, potential threats, and how to navigate the evolving EKS landscape.
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🚀 **Unlocking the Power of AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance Services** 🚀 🔒 In today's digital era, securing your cloud infrastructure is vital. Here's a quick overview of AWS's Security, Identity, and Compliance Services: 1. 🛡️ **Amazon GuardDuty**: Detects issues within your AWS account to ensure continuous security monitoring. 2. 🔍 **Amazon Inspector**: Identifies vulnerabilities and security issues on EC2 instances. 3. 📦 **Amazon Macie**: Detects data leaks and sensitive content in your Amazon S3 buckets. 4. 🖥️ **Amazon EC2**: Detects vulnerabilities and issues on EC2 instances, ensuring a secure computing environment. 5. 🗄️ **Amazon S3**: A secure storage solution to protect your data and detect data leaks. 6. ⚔️ **AWS WAF**: Protects against DDoS and web-based attacks, adding a layer of defense. 7. 🛡️ **AWS Shield**: Offers comprehensive DDoS protection with proactive mitigation. **Key Benefits:** ✔️ Centralized management of security, identity, and compliance ✔️ Real-time threat detection and proactive defense ✔️ Automated compliance and security analysis Let's work together to strengthen our cloud security posture with AWS! #AWS #CloudSecurity #Cybersecurity
