By Cloud Computing SpunjePublished: November 7, 2009Posted in: Amazon, Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2), Opinions & ExplanationsTags: 
A recent report by researchers from MIT and the University of California at San Diego described how attackers could search for, locate, and attack specific targets in Amazon.com’s Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) “because of certain underlying vulnerabilities in the infrastructure.”
Amazon.com is, of course, downplaying the information in the report, yet it is also talking about how it will address this and other vulnerabilities. What’s getting me is the fact that Amazon.com is not congratulating and thanking the University of California for in essence providing free vulnerability testing, but instead is starting the spin machines. Amazon.com characterized the attack described in the report as “hypothetical” and something that would be “significantly more difficult in practice.” It’s been my experience that if a vulnerability is there, it’ll eventually be exploited.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/cloud-providers-should-welcome-white-hat-hacking-417
Amazon.com’s attempt to spin away a potential vulnerability detected by researchers hurts the cloud — and ultimately Amazon.com
A recent report by researchers from MIT and the University of California at San Diego described how attackers could search for, locate, and attack specific targets in Amazon.com’s Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) “because of certain underlying vulnerabilities in the infrastructure.”
Amazon.com is, of course, downplaying the information in the report, yet it is also talking about how it will address this and other vulnerabilities. What’s getting me is the fact that Amazon.com is not congratulating and thanking the University of California for in essence providing free vulnerability testing, but instead is starting the spin machines. Amazon.com characterized the attack described in the report as “hypothetical” and something that would be “significantly more difficult in practice.” It’s been my experience that if a vulnerability is there, it’ll eventually be exploited.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/cloud-providers-should-welcome-white-hat-hacking-417
Amazon.com’s attempt to spin away a potential vulnerability detected by researchers hurts the cloud — and ultimately Amazon.com
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