13 Aug 2026
By Mary

Infosec News Nuggets — August 13, 2026

Lazarus Exploits Windows Zero-Day to Gain SYSTEM Access and Deploy Backdoor North Korea's Lazarus Group exploited a Windows zero-day in the AFD.sys driver as part of a fresh wave of its long-running Dream Job campaign, targeting defense and aerospace firms in France, Germany, Brazil, and India with fake recruiter outreach on LinkedIn. Victims were lured into opening a trojanized PDF viewer or a malicious archive that deployed a new backdoor called Troy, while a companion…
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05 Mar 2026
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/05/2026

Iranian Drone Strikes Hit Amazon Data Centers in Gulf, Disrupting Cloud Services Iranian drone strikes directly hit two Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE this week and caused damage to a third facility in Bahrain, disrupting approximately 60 AWS services across the Gulf region as Iran launched retaliatory strikes following a U.S. and Israeli operation that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Amazon confirmed the physical strikes, with two of the UAE's three…
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04 Mar 2026
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/04/2026

Iranian Drone Strikes Hit Amazon Data Centers in Gulf, Disrupting Cloud Services Iranian drone strikes directly hit two Amazon Web Services data centers in the UAE this week and caused damage to a third facility in Bahrain, disrupting approximately 60 AWS services across the Gulf region as Iran launched retaliatory strikes following a U.S. and Israeli operation that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Amazon confirmed the physical strikes, with two of the UAE's three…
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29 May 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 5/29/2025

Most of CISA’s senior leaders are leaving the agency The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is reportedly experiencing a serious flight of senior personnel, with most planning to leave by the end of May 2025. CISA is responsible for safeguarding US critical infrastructure, and its senior personnel are critical in the agency’s ability to liaise with its strategic partners, other federal agencies, and international security organizations. The sudden exodus in senior leadership across…
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