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Man at computer coding and receiving a slack notification

October 02, 2025 Reading time: 6 min

Setting up Slack Notifications For CodePipeline

When you're working with AWS CodePipeline(/CodeBuild/StepFunctions) daily, it can be very useful to receive notifications to slack (or other messaging services) of when the pipeline has finished, instead of watching…

A bad actor, behind a black brick wall of different services to protect against misuse

September 26, 2025 Reading time: 9 min

Defending Against SMS Pumping Attacks in AWS

A deep dive into the evolution of SMS pumping attacks targeting free trial applications and the multi-layered defence strategies we implemented using AWS Cognito, Lambda triggers, WAF, and End User…

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