AWS intruder achieved admin access in under 10 minutes thanks to AI assist, researchers say

LLMs automated most phases of the attack UPDATED A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 ...
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From credentials to cloud admin in 8 minutes: AI supercharges AWS attack chain

AI-assisted attackers weaponized exposed credentials and permissive roles to move from initial access to full AWS admin control in minutes.

How recruitment fraud turned cloud IAM into a $2 billion attack surface

Adversaries weaponized recruitment fraud to steal cloud credentials, pivot through IAM misconfigurations, and reach AI ...
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Attackers exploit LLMs to gain admin rights in AWS

Security researchers at Sysdig warn that attackers can quickly take over AWS environments using large language models. Their ...
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Privilege Escalation Issue in Amazon ECS Leads to IAM Hijacking

BLACK HAT USA – Las Vegas – Thursday, Aug. 7 — A privilege escalation issue in Amazon's Elastic Container Service (ECS) could be used by an attacker to steal credentials and access other cloud ...