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AWS Outage Reveals Vulnerabilities in Cloud Dependency and Concentration Risks

Explore topics like Business Continuity Management / Disaster Recovery, Governance & Risk Management, and IT Risk Management. Insights from Forrester’s Brent Ellis and Dario Maisto on Challenges Facing Large Enterprises Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • October 24, 2025 Brent Ellis, Principal Analyst, and Dario Maisto, Senior Analyst, Forrester The recent cascading…

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The Lasting Impact of the AWS Outage

A significant outage affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) commenced early Monday morning, severely disrupting various sectors including communication, finance, healthcare, education, and government platforms globally. The incident, originating from AWS’s critical US-EAST-1 region in northern Virginia, highlighted the internet’s intricate and delicate interdependencies. The outage began around 3 am ET…

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Breach Brief: Chinese Hackers Target ArcGIS Vulnerability

Cybercrime, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Internet-Exposed Call Center Software Under Attack; Patch Tuesday Update Anviksha More (AnvikshaMore) • October 16, 2025 Image: Shutterstock/ISMG This week, the Information Security Media Group covers a range of cybersecurity incidents: Chinese hackers exploiting ArcGIS, vulnerabilities in internet-exposed call center software, and the latest Patch…

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Weekly Cybersecurity Newsletter: Discord Updates, Red Hat Data Breach, 7-Zip Vulnerabilities, and SonicWall Firewall Hack

In the latest edition of the Cybersecurity Newsletter, we explore significant vulnerabilities and threats currently impacting the digital environment. This week’s focus highlights several critical incidents that occurred leading up to October 12, 2025, including a Discord platform breach, a substantial data leak at Red Hat, and concerning vulnerabilities associated…

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Salesforce Rejects Ransom Demand from ShinyHunters Extortionists

3rd Party Risk Management, Cybercrime, Fraud Management & Cybercrime Criminals Behind Salesloft Breach Continue to Target Salesforce Customers Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • October 9, 2025 Image: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock Salesforce, the leading customer relationship management software provider, recently informed its clients that it will not comply with extortion demands from cybercriminals…

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Automotive Titan Stellantis Faces Significant Third-Party Data Breach

NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Stellantis, a prominent automotive manufacturer, has confirmed a significant data breach that compromised customer contact information. The intrusion occurred through a third-party platform utilized for customer services in North America. This incident aligns with a series of large-scale cyberattacks targeting cloud-based…

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Cloudflare Breach: Nation-State Hackers Compromise Source Code and Internal Documents

Cloudflare Exposes Nation-State Cyberattack Targeting Its Infrastructure Cloudflare has disclosed that it was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack, likely orchestrated by a nation-state actor, who exploited stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to its Atlassian server. The breach allowed the attacker to access certain documentation and a limited amount…

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Microsoft Advises Users to Remove Games Impacted by Significant Unity Bug

Sure! Here’s a rewritten version of the content tailored to a US-based, tech-savvy professional audience focused on cybersecurity risks: Recent Cybersecurity Developments: Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in Unity Affecting Game Developers In a concerning turn of events over the weekend, both Microsoft and the Steam gaming platform have responded to a…

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Unresolved Travis CI API Vulnerability Reveals Thousands of Confidential User Access Tokens

A significant security vulnerability in the Travis CI API has put the user tokens of numerous developers at risk, potentially exposing them to severe cyber threats. This flaw enables malicious actors to compromise cloud infrastructures, perform unauthorized code modifications, and execute supply chain attacks. Recent research from cloud security experts…

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