Introduction As a developer working with AWS Lambda, I’ve always loved the idea of serverless computing - deploying code without worrying about managing servers. However, one challenge that frequently came up was handling Python dependencies in Lambda functions. Deploying a Lambda function with multiple dependencies can be cumbersome, especially...
Introduction Have you ever wondered how to scale your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) network while keeping it secure and efficient? If so, you're in the right place! In this blog post, we're going to explore the fascinating world of the GCP Hub and Spoke architecture and...
Introduction In the past, I have struggled to create custom findings in AWS GuardDuty or GCP Security Command Center (SCC). GCP SCC has an amazing feature to create custom findings via the API. This feature is quite hidden in the documentation, but in this article, we will explore the different...
Introduction In the current digital landscape, businesses are faced with an increasing number of cybersecurity threats. It is crucial to have robust security measures in place to protect sensitive data and maintain business continuity. One solution that can help is the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud Intrusion Detection System (IDS)...
AWS S3 is a great storage platform for hosting data. However, it's also a target for malicious intruders. 🎯 Most applications allow the user to upload their own data on S3 buckets. For example, to store images 📷, videos 📹, or any other custom data. How can you safeguard your AWS...
Software development is a dynamic process that involves multiple stages, from writing code to testing and deployment. Code quality plays a crucial role in software development, as it determines the overall performance and reliability of the software. Poor code quality can lead to bugs, crashes, and security vulnerabilities. SonarQube is...
The bigger our cloud environments are getting, the harder it is to manage all security alerts and vulnerabilities of our workloads and services. For this purpose, we can utilize a tool called Security information and event management (SIEM), which provide real-time analysis of security alerts. AWS offers the service OpenSearch...
Amazon announced GuardDuty during the AWS re:invent 2017 to protect AWS accounts against a wide variety of attacks. Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors malicious activity and unauthorized behavior to protect your Amazon Web Services accounts, workloads, and data stored in Amazon S3. While using...
The bigger our cloud environments are getting, the harder it is to manage all security alerts and vulnerabilities of our workloads and services. For this purpose, we can utilize a tool called Security information and event management (SIEM), which provide real-time analysis of security alerts. AWS offers the service OpenSearch...
TL;DR If you see the error message $HOME not set as a result by setting up git as EC2 user data, change the configuration commands to git config --system instead of git config --global Introduction While preparing the article for the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS), I wanted to automate...
The biggest entrance door for attackers into your cloud environments are misconfigurations. In this article, we are going to explore the Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) and how attackers could exploit it and escalate their privileges. This article is for informational and educational purposes only. The focus is to enable AWS...
Update: AWS is constantly adding new modules to its Lambda functions. Those can be added via layers. Before creating custom layers, as outlined in this article, I recommend checking the AWS layers. Navigate to your Lambda function and choose Add Layer at the bottom of the page. Afterward, you can...
Amazon announced GuardDuty during the AWS re:invent 2017 to protect AWS accounts against a wide variety of attacks. Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors malicious activity and unauthorized behavior to protect your Amazon Web Services accounts, workloads, and data stored in Amazon S3. While using...
Are you struggling to keep an overview of all your deployed AWS services and workloads? Do you struggle to keep all your architecture diagrams up-to-date? Workload Discovery on AWS (formerly known as AWS Perspective) offers a quick way to visualize AWS Cloud workloads. This post looks at how to set...
