EC2 Amazon Machine Images can now be scanned for vulnerabilities through Amazon Inspector

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by AWS — What's New / News Blog at 02 Nov, 08:00 UTC

Amazon Inspector now extends its vulnerability scanning to EC2 Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), enabling you to identify software vulnerabilities in your AMIs without launching instances or installing additional software. This helps you fix issues at the source before AMIs are used to launch instances…