AWS Backup — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
2
occurrences
First Seen
November 18, 2025
Last Seen
November 19, 2025

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.

Overview

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.

Related Threat Clusters

  • Shift in Ransomware Tactics Targeting Cloud Assets

    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…

    56 articles · Updated November 19, 2025
  • Ransomware Gangs Target AWS S3 Buckets with Evolving Tactics

    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…

    4 articles · Updated November 21, 2025

Recent Intelligence Reports

  • Breaking Down S3 Ransomware: Variants, Attack Paths and Trend Vision One™ Defences — Trendmicro · November 19, 2025
  • Breaking Down S3 Ransomware: Variants, Attack Paths and Trend Vision One™ Defenses — Feeds.Trendmicro · November 18, 2025

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