AWS Backup is a technology platform tracked across 2 threat clusters and 2 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed November 18, 2025; most recent activity November 19, 2025.
AWS Backup is Amazon’s managed backup service that centralizes and automates protection for AWS resources (such as EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, EFS, and more) with centralized vaults, retention settings, and cross-region capabilities. In cybersecurity terms, it plays a critical role in ransomware resilience by enabling rapid restoration of clean data, enforcing backup retention, and supporting isolation and access controls to reduce backup tampering or deletion.
Ransomware actors are increasingly focusing on cloud-based assets, particularly in AWS environments. This shift involves utilizing various tactics to compromise critical business data, moving away from traditional…
Ransomware actors are increasingly focusing on cloud-based assets, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets. Recent reports indicate that these groups are adapting their tactics to leverage cloud-native…