Yet another (bad) use for the S3 amazon cloud

Found this URL on a website pop-up spam :

http://weeklycontestwinner.s3.amazonaws.com/***********

No I do not recommend clicking on it (but you might get something free …..yeah right). The interesting thing here is the use of the cloud for quick and easy  spammer/phishing/whatever-else-malware sites. Futher proof that :

A: Amazon isnt doing  good policing of content.
B: The Internet’s underbelly is light years ahead of most IT departments in understanding how to use the cloud.

I could keep going ..just wanted to share something I have seen growing in use over the last year.

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