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What’s cloud squatting and how to deal with it?

The vendors can prevent cloud squatting by preventing IP address reuse.
Cloud squatting happens when a company leases space and IP addresses on a public server, uses them, releases the space, and sends them back to the cloud vendors. The server space providers such as Amazon, Google, or Microsoft assign the same addresses to another company. If the new company is a bad actor, it could take advantage of the information coming into the address intended for the previous organisation. The study conducted by Penn State researchers on a small fraction of IP addresses on Amazon Web Services showed over 5,400 organisations, including 23 of the top 1000 websites, potentially affected. “Because of how our study was structured, the actual number of affected organisations is likely far higher,” said Eric Pauley. Examples of the leaked data included mobile devices s
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Avi Gopani
Avi Gopani is a technology journalist that seeks to analyse industry trends and developments from an interdisciplinary perspective at Analytics India Magazine. Her articles chronicle cultural, political and social stories that are curated with a focus on the evolving technologies of artificial intelligence and data analytics.
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