AWS Morning Brief Impromptu Security Week
Dec 22, 2025
This week, a deep dive into AWS Payment Cryptography reveals price cuts of up to 63%. The discussion highlights urgent security concerns, including vulnerabilities in S3 encryption clients and Russian threat actors exploiting system misconfigurations. There's a humorous take on the complexity of running WordPress on Kubernetes with OpenZFS, alongside a critique of an overly complicated automated S3 extraction pipeline. Tune in for tech insights and a few laughs!
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AI Thread Dump Debugging Adds Complexity
- Java thread dumps are hard to read and AWS added an AI-powered analysis pipeline for ECS and EKS debugging.
- The solution increases architectural complexity by chaining multiple services for a debugging task.
Attackers Exploit Misconfigurations Over Zero-Days
- AWS Threat Intelligence flagged a Russian group exploiting misconfigured routers and VPNs rather than zero-days.
- The episode highlights that shared responsibility fails when customers leave admin panels exposed.
Kubernetes For WordPress Is Overkill
- Running WordPress on EKS with FSx for OpenZFS is technically impressive but over-engineered.
- Corey frames it as a costly setup compared with simple, cheap hosting alternatives.