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Cloud Security Incidents

Articles about cloud security breaches, credential theft, and incident response

cloud security incidentsJun 28, 20266 min

AMD Quietly Strips Cold Boot Protection From Consumer CPUs After Years of Silent Support

A decade after AMD introduced Transparent Secure Memory Encryption to shield processors from cold boot attacks and physical memory exploits, the chipmaker has quietly disabled the feature on consumer Ryzen chips—without warning users or explaining why.

cloud security incidentsJun 28, 20263 min

ShapedPlugin’s Update Pipeline Was Hacked—Here’s What Got Stolen

A supply chain attack compromised ShapedPlugin’s build system, injecting malware into paid WordPress plugins distributed to paying customers via official updates.

cloud security incidentsJun 28, 20264 min

Chemistry Isn't Magic—It's Your Brain on Conversation

Forget charisma. Real connection isn't about being magnetic—it's about triggering dopamine, mirroring subtly, and activating positive memories. Here's how to engineer rapport using neuroscience, not tricks.

cloud security incidentsJun 26, 20265 min

Sweeping Credential Harvesting Heist Compromises 30K Fortinet Devices Across Nearly 200 Countries

A massive credential harvesting campaign has compromised approximately 30,000 Fortinet security devices worldwide, with attackers compiling working credentials and targeting diverse sectors across nearly 200 countries.

cloud security incidentsJun 23, 20265 min

Root RCE via Reflected Configuration Commands: A Technical Breakdown of Ivanti Sentry's Dual Flaws

An analytical breakdown of Ivanti Sentry's CVE-2026-10520 and CVE-2026-10523 vulnerabilities, detailing how a pre-authentication endpoint allowed attackers to execute root-level commands via reflective Java configuration parsing.

cloud security incidentsJun 23, 20265 min

Critical Exploited Zero-Day Found in Oracle PeopleSoft Applications

Oracle has issued emergency mitigations for CVE-2026-35273, a critical zero-day in PeopleSoft PeopleTools currently being exploited by the ShinyHunters extortion group to facilitate large-scale data theft.

cloud security incidentsJun 23, 20263 min

Active Exploitation of Path Traversal in Langflow AI

Exploitation of CVE-2026-5027, a critical path traversal vulnerability in Langflow, is underway, allowing unauthorized file uploads on exposed servers.

cloud security incidentsJun 23, 20263 min

Rogue Firmware Reflashing on Creative Soundbars Permits Host Takeovers via Bluetooth

A vulnerability in Creative's Sound Blaster Katana V2X gaming soundbar allows unauthenticated local attackers to reflash the device's firmware via always-on Bluetooth, enabling keystroke injection on connected hosts.

cloud security incidentsJun 23, 20263 min

Path-Divergence Vulnerability in Starlette Exposes Python-Based AI Agents to Data Breaches

An in-depth look at CVE-2026-48710 (BadHost), a critical path-divergence vulnerability in the Starlette ASGI framework that allows authentication bypasses and security control evasion across the Python AI ecosystem.

cloud security incidentsJun 23, 20265 min

LastPass Suffers CRM Data Exposure Following Third-Party OAuth Incident

LastPass confirms unauthorized access to customer data within its Salesforce environment, tracing the incident to compromised OAuth tokens from the market intelligence platform Klue. This incident underscores critical risks in SaaS supply chain security and third-party vendor authorizations.

cloud security incidentsJun 19, 20266 min

CISA Alerts: Hackers Actively Exploiting SolarWinds Serv-U Flaw (CVE-2026-28318)

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are actively exploiting a recently patched high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U to crash file transfer servers. This denial-of-service flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to take down Serv-U services using specially crafted POST requests.

cloud security incidentsJun 18, 20265 min

A Critical Methodological Analysis Challenges the Scientific Foundation of Modern Consciousness Research

A research team has issued a fundamental challenge to neuroscientific methods used in consciousness studies, arguing that current approaches are built on shaky theoretical and empirical ground. The analysis examines how information processing frameworks shape our understanding of conscious experience.