Attacking AWS The attack starts with targeting the way that AWS stores credentials in an unencrypted file at ~/.aws/credentials, and additional configuration details in a file at ~/.aws/config.

A cybercrime group known as TeamTNT is using a crypto-mining worm to steal plaintext AWS credentials and config files from compromised Docker and Kubernetes systems.

Ironically enough, hackers don’t seem to be heeding these warnings, either, since the researchers found all of the stolen files - in an unprotected AWS database.

TeamTNT has become the first crypto-minining botnet to include a feature that scans and steal AWS credentials.

Attackers access storage buckets with exposed AWS keys The files are then encrypted and scheduled for deletion after a week Halycon says it observed at least two ...

Amazon EKS Kubernetes security vulnerability via EKS Pod Identity gives cybersecurity attacks and threat actors exposure to credentials and malicious activity, Trend Micro research report says.

AWS provides capabilities which remove the need to ever store these credentials in source code. For example, AWS Secrets Manager helps you manage, retrieve, and rotate database credentials, API keys, ...

Attackers scrape GitHub for AWS credentials embedded in code and use these to launch instances and mine virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin and Litecoin.

Datadog has admitted to becoming a victim of a data breach and has recommended that users immediately revoke and change their credentials. Datadog provides metrics for cloud providers across ...