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ADVISORY—AWS US-EAST-1 Outage: An Architectural Analysis and Lessons for Cloud Resilience

Ray Hicks: Oct 20, 2025 11:58:08 AM

On October 20, 2025, AWS US-EAST-1 suffered a critical outage, disrupting thousands of global services. Beyond downtime, the incident highlighted...

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ADVISORY—Critical Cisco ASA/FTD Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Under Active Attack

Ray Hicks: Sep 25, 2025 3:44:34 PM

Cisco has confirmed that two zero-day vulnerabilities in the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall ASA and FTD Software are actively exploited in...

Asset Discovery Vulnerability Assessment Advisories

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ADVISORY—Google Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability (CVE-2025-6554)

Ray Hicks: Jul 1, 2025 5:03:13 PM

Google has released a security update addressing a zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser that is currently being actively exploited in the...

Asset Discovery Cyber Resilience Vulnerability Assessment Advisories

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ADVISORY—Cactus Ransomware Strikes Again: A Sophisticated Social Engineering Threat

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Rich Pasewark - CEO, Board Director: Feb 14, 2025 9:37:38 AM

Recently, UncommonX analysts identified a new Cactus ransomware attack, which was verified by Threat Research Engineers at Cisco TALOS Threat...

Networks Cybersecurity 24/7 SOC Threat Detection Advisories

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ADVISORY—Privilege Exposure: What It Is and How to Mitigate It

Ray Hicks: Feb 6, 2025 6:29:30 PM

Privilege exposure may seem minor but can lead to devastating security incidents if left unchecked. Many organizations, particularly small and...