Amazon EBS — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
2
occurrences
First Seen
November 18, 2025
Last Seen
June 4, 2026

Amazon EBS is a technology platform tracked across 3 threat clusters and 2 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed November 18, 2025; most recent activity June 4, 2026.

Overview

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is AWS's block-level storage service that provides persistent, high-performance volumes for EC2 instances. It supports multiple volume types (e.g., SSD and HDD), encryption at rest, snapshots, and seamless integration with EC2 lifecycle management, enabling durable OS and data storage. In cybersecurity, EBS is significant because it holds critical data and system volumes; misconfigurations, unprotected backups/snapshots, or compromised IAM permissions can enable ransomware propagation, data loss, or privilege escalation within AWS environments.

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • 460 gigabytes — cloudstoragesecurity.com · June 4, 2026
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