Alert: Watch Out For Phishing Attacks In The Wake Of The AWS Outage
KnowBe4, Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
Cybernews warns that threat actors will likely take advantage of the recent AWS outage to launch phishing attacks against affected users.
Attackers frequently exploit high-profile events to carry out social engineering attacks while people are confused or stressed, as these users are more likely to act without careful consideration.
'Phishing attacks have one thing in common-they prey on human emotion, and in the case of services going down or being unable to access an account for extended periods of time, take advantage of a victim's sense of urgency, fear, and confusion,' Cybernews says.