security

Following the announced new opt-in option regarding the default encryption of EBS Volumes a few days ago, I’ve made a small python script to enable this feature on all AWS regions within an AWS Account. Quick and Dirty Simple. This is an example, use it at your own risk, and test it before applying to production, as usual :) import boto3 AWS_REGION = 'eu-west-1' session = boto3.Session(region_name=AWS_REGION) ec2 = session.client('ec2') def main(event, context): ec2_regions = [region['RegionName'] for region in ec2....

In this article, you will find best practices regarding security and the high availability of your data to prevent the spread of Wanacry, and other ransomware. What is wanacry ? Wanacry is a ransomware that is using a hole in SMB protocol called EternalBlue then, DoublePulsar is installed as a backdoor to run Wanacry. After you get infected, your files begin to be encrypted with AES-128-CBC cipher, and then a popup asks you for a ransom to get it back....