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Top 3 Cloud Attacks
You Should Know About
Nowadays there are very few operations that
don’t use some form of Cloud computing.
Cloud technology enables businesses to
accelerate
their
digital
transformation
journey, transform their interactions with
customers, employees and partners, and to
become more competitive.
During the pandemic, businesses quickly
turned to the Cloud to ensure business
continuity and to stay competitive during a
period
of
unprecedented
disruption.
However, the rapid shift to Cloud introduced
new security risks, some of which continue to
go undetected and unaddressed.
If you proceed from this compromised
position or start your journey without a wellformed Cloud security strategy and the
proper support, you could be unwittingly
leaving the door open to malicious cyber
threat actors.
1 – Data theft at scale
One of the major benefits of Cloud is the
ability to store, share and access data easily
however, as data becomes more accessible
and moves further away from the relative
security of the data centre, it is at greater risk
of being accessed by unauthorised individuals.
Using public links or setting cloud-based
storage spaces to public makes it accessible
to anyone with knowledge of the link.
Tools exist specifically for searching the
internet for unsecured Cloud deployments,
making it even easier for threat actors to
discover and exploit these security gaps.
Without the proper access policies in place,
attackers can easily steal gigabytes of your
data in seconds, and worse, if access is not
logged you may not even realise you’ve been
robbed until it’s too late.
2 – Access Brokerage at Scale
As your Cloud environment grows, so too does
your attack surface. The incorporation of
more Cloud tools, third-party suppliers, and
increased device connectivity across your
business can lead to the formation of security
gaps in your network’s defences.
To help you better understand the
cybersecurity threats your Cloud environment
faces, we will explore the top 3 Cloud security
attacks.
Initial access brokers (IABs) are cyber threat
actors
who
specialise
in
breaching
organisations with the goal of selling that
privileged access to other cyber criminals such
as ransomware gangs or espionage groups. As
more and more businesses move their
corporate infrastructure to the Cloud, the
resale of Cloud root keys, access to
Kubernetes management nodes, and Cloud
services is on the rise.
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