Cloud Security Incidents
Articles about cloud security breaches, credential theft, and incident response
Your AI Coding Assistant Just Ran Malware. You Didn't Even Notice.
A clean GitHub repo tricked Claude Code into fetching and executing a reverse shell via a DNS TXT record — no malicious code, no flags, no human approval. Here’s how it worked, and why your security tools are useless against it.
When the Internet Stopped Being a Library: How AI Slop and Paywalls Are Erasing Our Collective Knowledge
The early internet promised universal access to knowledge. Today, AI-generated misinformation and paywalls are drowning reliable information — and our reliance on cognitive offloading means we may not even notice until it’s too late.
Lucid Cuts Its Arizona Second Shift — And 1,500 Jobs — to Survive
An analysis of Lucid Motors' decision to cut 18% of its workforce and eliminate the second shift at its Arizona plant as part of a broader corporate restructuring by new CEO Silvio Napoli.
Root Access via WebDialer: Active Exploitation of Cisco CUCM's SSRF Flaw
Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-20230, a high-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the WebDialer component of Cisco Unified Communications Manager, to achieve root privileges via unauthorized file writes.
Rocket Lab's Secret Space Drill: How the Pentagon Quietly Tested Orbital Inspection Capabilities from New Zealand
A low-profile Electron launch on June 19, 2026, from Rocket Lab's New Zealand facility delivered the VICTUS HAZE Puma inspector satellite to test rapid-response military space operations, including close-proximity rendezvous with the Jackal 004 adversary satellite.
Pastejacking: How Social Engineering Became the Default Malware Delivery Method
Once a rare exploit, pastejacking via ClickFix now drives nearly half of all initial-access attacks, leveraging API-driven payloads, macOS bypasses, and fileless execution to turn user trust into a weaponized vector.
ShinyHunters Exploits PeopleSoft Zero-Day to Steal 454,600 Student Records from Nottingham’s Global Campuses
Over 450,000 Nottingham students had their records stolen because of a PeopleSoft exploit chain. Here is how legacy integrations create massive blind spots for enterprise cloud defense.
Quick Relationship-Building: A Leadership Strategy to Cut Miscommunication and Conflict
Building intentional, brief connections with team members early on establishes trust and psychological safety — leading to fewer stereotypes, clearer communication, and less conflict.
GitHub Breach Exposes 4,000 Internal Repositories: What We Know
An attacker breached GitHub infrastructures, exfiltrating 4,000 internal repositories, with claims that they are focused on selling the data rather than extortion.
Profit and Pain: The Companies Betting Their Future on AI by Cutting Their Present
A running look at major tech companies that cited AI as the reason for significant workforce reductions in 2026, from Oracle's 21,000 cuts to Amazon and Block. Adds nuance: AI can create jobs in well-resourced firms, deepening the divide between winners and experimental laggards.
Active Attacks Target Critical SSRF Vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Threat actors are actively leveraging a newly disclosed server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw, CVE-2026-20230, in Cisco's Unified Communications Manager. This high-severity issue, which permits arbitrary file-write operations, is currently being used for reconnaissance, with concerns for potential remote code execution and root privilege escalation.
Targeting the Malware Assembly Line: How Coordinated Legal Tactics and AI Disrupt Cybercrime Infrastructure
A global coalition of tech firms and law enforcement agencies disrupted the shared command-and-control infrastructure of the Amadey and Stealc malware operations using a combination of artificial intelligence and organized-crime laws.