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March marked a watershed moment for cloud and network security. From Google’s staggering $32 billion acquisition of Wiz to the Medusa ransomware group’s exploitation of cloud misconfigurations affecting over 300 organizations, the month revealed how vulnerable cloud environments have become to sophisticated threats.
Simultaneously, major breaches and vulnerabilities, coupled with new research showing massive spending on cloud services all underscore a pivotal reality: as cloud adoption accelerates, security risks are multiplying faster than many organizations can address them.
Futuriom
Google to Pay $32 Billion for Wiz
The most head-turning news in the tech and business scene this month was Google’s agreement to acquire Wiz for an eye-opening sum. The key takeaway for enterprises? Cloud migration has ushered in a new era of security vulnerabilities, amplifying threats like ransomware, supply chain breaches, and malicious data exfiltration. These heightened security risks pose significant challenges as organizations increasingly rely on cloud applications for their operations. Wiz’s role providing an essential foundation for cloud security posture awareness across clouds is incredibly valuable.
AP
Cybersecurity officials warn against potentially costly Medusa ransomware attacks
The Medusa ransomware group has impacted over 300 organizations across various industries using Ransomware-as-a-Service tactics like phishing and cloud misconfigurations. CISA issued advisory AA25-071A in March 2025 with recommendations including patching vulnerabilities, strengthening access controls, enhancing network security, increasing cloud monitoring, and maintaining secure backups. As organizations migrate to cloud environments, ransomware tactics have evolved to exploit gaps like multicloud misconfigurations, poor network segmentation, weak IAM policies, and unrestricted egress traffic. Long story short: ransomware is now in the cloud. Enterprises, take note and take action.
Cybersecurity Dive
Cybersecurity firms brace for impact of potential Oracle Cloud breach
News broke in March that Oracle Cloud may be facing a major security breach with claims that a threat actor stole 6 million data records affecting over 140,000 customers. While the cloud service provider has since quietly admitted to the breach, cybersecurity firms began taking precautionary measures last month while awaiting official confirmation. Customers should rotate credentials and secure their networks as a precaution until formal guidance is provided. This is yet another proof point in the first half of this year that even the largest organizations aren’t invincible, and organizations should be taking ownership of their own network security.
CRN
AWS Vs. Azure Vs. GCP Vs. Oracle Vs. IBM Customer Spending Face-Off: Report
Flexera’s 2025 State of the Cloud Report is out and shows that over half of enterprise workloads now run on public clouds. Globally, it found that 33% of organizations are spending more than $12 million annually on cloud services. Despite some workload repatriation, there’s a continued migration to the cloud and uptick in new cloud workloads that are driving overall cloud growth. CRN’s recap of the report shares an interesting look at cloud costs across the major cloud service providers (CSPs), and provides a helpful benchmark for businesses considering how much to lean in on their cloud modernization efforts.
Cybersecurity Dive
Critical vulnerabilities put Kubernetes environments in jeopardy
Wiz researchers disclosed four critical vulnerabilities in Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes last month, collectively named “IngressNightmare,” which could enable remote code execution and potentially lead to full cluster takeovers if exploited. The research team found that approximately 43% of cloud environments are vulnerable, with over 6,500 exposed clusters including those of Fortune 500 companies, putting them at immediate risk. Patches have been released by Ingress-NGINX maintainers, with Google and AWS also publishing security advisories, while Wiz recommends applying network policies that restrict access to admission controllers as an additional security measure. For those impacted, we also recommend beefing up your egress security in order to mitigate any fallout from breaches related to ingress vulnerabilities.
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