--- title: "The Logging Tax Auditor" id: "14080" type: "podcast" slug: "the-logging-tax-auditor" published_at: "2023-07-20T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:13+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-logging-tax-auditor/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-logging-tax-auditor.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: An Amazon senior security engineer was indicted in a $9M digital currency heist, Microsoft had one heck of a breach, this week’s S3 Bucket Negligence Award, and more! **Links:** - A write-up of someone's experience going through the publicly available [flAWS 1&2](https://csbygb.gitbook.io/pentips/writeups/various/various-flaws) labs - Signs of the recent Microsoft breach in your account [are tied to an enhanced level of license](https://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/microsoft-logging-tax-hinders-incident-response) . - An Amazon senior security engineer was [indicted in a $9M digital currency heist](https://www.hackingbutlegal.com/security-engineer-indicted-in-9m-crypto-heist/) - A far-right publisher earned this week's [S3 Bucket Negligence Award](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/08/counter-currents-data-leak-amazon-cloud-greg-johnson) - [Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP supports write once, read many (WORM) protection with SnapLock](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/07/amazon-fsx-netapp-ontap-worm-protection/) - [IAM Policies and Bucket Policies and ACLs! Oh, My! (Controlling Access to S3 Resources)](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/iam-policies-and-bucket-policies-and-acls-oh-my-controlling-access-to-s3-resources/) was updated. - Tool of the week: [AWS IAM Data](https://www.awsiamdata.com/) has launched. 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/)