How 2 Missing Characters Nearly Compromised AWS
A supply chain vulnerability in AWS CodeBuild recently put the entire AWS Console at risk. Learn how Wiz Research found the flaw and how Amazon responded to prevent a global security crisis.
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AWS Console Supply Chain Breach Enables GitHub Repository Hijacking
A newly reported supply chain attack targeting the Amazon Web Services (AWS) management console has raised alarms across the developer community. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered that threat actors are exploiting misconfigured AWS …
New China Linked VoidLink Linux Malware Targets Major Cloud Providers
Researchers have discovered VoidLink, a sophisticated new Linux malware framework designed to infiltrate AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Learn how this Chinese-affiliated toolkit uses adaptive stealth to stay hidden.
Amazon: Russian GRU hackers favor misconfigured devices over vulnerabilities
Amazon Threat Intelligence reports Russian GRU hackers are increasingly breaking into critical infrastructure by abusing misconfigured devices instead of exploiting software vulnerabilities.
re:Invent 2025: AWS and Security Vendors Unveil New Products and Capabilities
AWS and cybersecurity vendors have made several announcements at the cloud giant’s re:Invent 2025 event.
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What AWS and Cloudflare Outages Teach Us About Cloud Configuration Risks
On Tuesday, 18 November, a Cloudflare outage took a significant part of the Internet offline, including major sites, enterprise platforms and public-facing services. Ironically, even Downdetector – the platform that provides real-time information about service outages – apparently went down for a time. This wasn’t an isolated incident, either: an AWS (Amazon Web Services) outage about a month ago caused similar disruption to thousands of dependent services and was followed a few days later by a smaller Microsoft Azure outage. If the largest Cloud providers can experience outages of this size, it’s no great stretch to suggest that all organisations
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Credentials and Misconfigurations Behind Most Cloud Breaches, Says AWS
New AWS report data reveals the top four security failure points in the cloud, including vulnerability exploitation (24%)…
Amazon Reveals Technical Fault Behind Widescale AWS Service Outage
Amazon Web Services experienced a major outage that affected millions of customers and Amazon’s own operations on October 19 and 20, 2025. The company has now confirmed that a DNS resolution issue with regional DynamoDB service endpoints was the …
AWS Resolves Major Outage After Nearly 24 Hours of Service Disruption
Amazon Web Services experienced a significant service disruption in its US-EAST-1 region that lasted nearly 24 hours, affecting over 140 services and causing widespread issues for customers worldwide. The outage began late on October 19, 2025, and was …
Major AWS Outage Now Mitigated: Global Impact and What Happened
A global AWS outage disrupted major apps and services across regions before being fully mitigated, exposing heavy dependence on cloud infrastructure.