April 22, 2024, 12:10 p.m. | Tally Shea

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In the sprawling cloud infrastructure of GlobalTech Inc., a meticulously planned ransomware attack was set in motion by a sophisticated adversary, codenamed Vector. Vector’s objective wasn’t just to encrypt data for a ransom but to navigate through a complex AWS environment with precision, exploiting specific, less obvious permissions to achieve his goals. Phase 1: Initial […]


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