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Re:AWS Built a Security Tool. It Introduced a Security Risk by liquidpele on Monday May 05, 2025 @09:39AM (#43895009)
Sounds like typical hyperbole. Worked at a place once where some “security researcher” trashed the product because they could do bad things on the appliance… if logged in as root.
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Re:AWS Built a Security Tool. It Introduced a Security Risk by lazystar on Monday May 05, 2025 @03:24PM (#43898520)
to play devils advocate... why were users able to log in as root?
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Re:AWS Built a Security Tool. It Introduced a Security Risk by michaelt on Monday May 05, 2025 @04:21PM (#43899059)
Because the appliance... was not an iphone?
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