AWS Abuse

• Report suspected AWS resources used for abusive or illegal purposes

• Abusive & prohibited behaviors are:

  • Spam – receiving undesired emails from AWS-owned IP addresses, websites & forums spammed by AWS resources

  • Port scanning – sending packets to your ports to discover the unsecured ones

  • DoS or DDoS attacks – AWS-owned IP addresses attempting to overwhelm or crash

  • Intrusion attempts – logging in on your resources

  • Hosting objectionable or copyrighted content – distributing illegal or copyrighted content without consent

  • Distributing malware – AWS resources distribute software to harm computers or machines

Contact the AWS Abuse team: AWS abuse form, or abuse@amazonaws.com

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