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Traditional cloud security tools often force a trade-off between speed and safety, relying on delayed scans or restrictive workflows that hinder developer productivity. Jungl introduces an automated approach that monitors AWS resource changes in real-time, applying targeted fixes based on contextual analysis to prevent breaches without manual intervention. This could reshape how enterprises balance agility and security in cloud operations.

Learn how to strategically combat malicious traffic by focusing abuse reports where they matter most—commercial IP spaces. Discover the critical components of effective abuse reporting that compels cloud providers to act against bad actors threatening your services.

The Crimson Collective hacker group is actively targeting AWS environments, compromising exposed credentials to escalate privileges, exfiltrate sensitive data, and extort victims like Red Hat. Researchers from Rapid7 detail a sophisticated attack flow involving API manipulation and cloud service abuse, underscoring critical vulnerabilities in cloud security practices. This incident highlights the urgent need for organizations to overhaul access management and mitigate risks from leaked secrets.

Electronics giant Avnet confirms hackers stole terabytes of data from its EMEA cloud storage but claims the information remains unreadable without proprietary tools. Threat actors counter they possess plaintext PII samples, creating a critical discrepancy in the incident's severity. The breach highlights persistent cloud security vulnerabilities in global supply chains.

As hybrid infrastructure and multi-cloud environments dominate enterprise IT, VMware certifications are seeing unprecedented demand. New data reveals certified professionals deliver over $30k in added value per employee while directly combating cloud misconfigurations—the root cause of 23% of security incidents. This surge reflects a broader industry move toward validated skills for securing complex systems and ensuring career resilience.

A severe vulnerability in Microsoft Entra ID, combining unsigned 'actor tokens' and a deprecated Azure AD Graph API flaw, could have allowed attackers to hijack any organization's tenant with Global Admin privileges. The exploit bypassed logging and security controls, posing a silent threat to millions of cloud identities. Researcher Dirk-jan Mollema uncovered and reported the issue, leading to a swift Microsoft patch.