--- title: "Humoring the Parenthetical" id: "13966" type: "podcast" slug: "humoring-the-parenthetical" published_at: "2023-05-11T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:20+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/humoring-the-parenthetical/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/humoring-the-parenthetical.md" taxonomy_shows: - "Last Week In AWS Podcast" --- About the Author Corey is the Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, where he specializes in helping companies improve their AWS bills by making them smaller and less horrifying. He also hosts the "Screaming in the Cloud" and "AWS Morning Brief" podcasts; and curates "Last Week in AWS," a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest in AWS news, blogs, and tools, sprinkled with snark and thoughtful analysis in roughly equal measure. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305) [https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief](https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief) [https://pca.st/AKs0](https://pca.st/AKs0) [https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583](https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583) [https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU](https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU) [https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief](https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief) ## Episode Summary ## Episode Show Notes & Transcript Last week in security news: Containing Compromised EC2 Credentials Without (Hopefully) Breaking Things, How to scan your AWS Lambda functions with Amazon Inspector, AWS IAM Actions, And More! **Links:** - The parenthetical in [Containing Compromised EC2 Credentials Without (Hopefully) Breaking Things](https://www.firemon.com/containing-compromised-ec2-credentials-without-hopefully-breaking-things/) says it all. - [Amazon S3 now applies two security best practices to all new buckets by default](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/04/amazon-s3-security-best-practices-buckets-default/) - [How to scan your AWS Lambda functions with Amazon Inspector](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-scan-your-aws-lambda-functions-with-amazon-inspector/) - [AWS IAM Actions](https://www.awsiamactions.io/) View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [M3 Ultra Macs, Claude Platform, and 619 New APIs Walk Into a Bar](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/m3-ultra-macs-claude-platform-and-619-new-apis-walk-into-a-bar/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.18.2026 7 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/m3-ultra-macs-claude-platform-and-619-new-apis-walk-into-a-bar/) ### [AI-Native Foundations and the CVEs That Love Them](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ai-native-foundations-and-the-cves-that-love-them/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.11.2026 7 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ai-native-foundations-and-the-cves-that-love-them/) ### [Bedrock Bags OpenAI, Q Developer Bags Groceries](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/bedrock-bags-openai-q-developer-bags-groceries/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.04.2026 9 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/bedrock-bags-openai-q-developer-bags-groceries/)