Deep Instinct Warns Unscanned Cloud Storage Can Hide Malware

Summary

Deep Instinct argues that cloud security controls may not reveal malware hidden in stored files and promotes scanning cloud data before files are uploaded or executed.

Key points

• The article says cloud permissions, encryption, and backups do not establish whether stored files are clean.
• Dormant malware in backups, archives, datasets, or shared files could infect systems when files are later downloaded or executed.
• The article argues that scanning large cloud repositories can be difficult for legacy tools and that executing suspicious files to inspect them carries risk.
• Deep Instinct recommends static scanning of stored files before execution, with ongoing monitoring of cloud storage.
• Deep Instinct says its DSX product scans files without executing them and supports real-time scanning of files and S3 buckets.

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