Tag: cloud security

7 Attack Reports | 0 Vulnerabilities

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Serverless Tokens in the Cloud: Exploitation and Detections

This article explores the security implications of serverless authentication across major cloud platforms. It details how attackers target serverless functions to exploit vulnerabilities arising from insecure code and misconfigurations. The mechanics of serverless authentication are explained for A…

google cloud functions

token exfiltration

azure functions

Published: June 13, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 0

Tales from the cloud trenches: The Attacker doth persist too much, methinks

A leaked AWS access key led to malicious activities over a 150-minute period, involving five distinct IP addresses. The attackers employed both common and innovative tactics, including creating 'persistence-as-a-service' infrastructure, manipulating AWS Identity Center, and disabling organization-l…

identity-center

Published: May 13, 2025

Downloadable IOCs: 5

Exploitation in the Wild of Aviatrix Controller RCE (CVE-2024-50603)

A critical code execution vulnerability, CVE-2024-50603, affecting Aviatrix Controller has been observed being exploited in the wild. This unauthenticated remote code execution flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the system, potentially leading to privilege escalation in AWS envi…

privilege escalation

aviatrix controller

Published: January 13, 2025

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2024-50603 (CVSS 10.0), CVE-2025-0282 (CVSS 9.0), CVE-2025-0283 (CVSS 7.0), CVE-2021-40870

Downloadable IOCs: 6

A Deep Dive into TeamTNT and Spinning YARN

TeamTNT is conducting a crypto mining campaign called Spinning YARN, targeting Docker, Redis, YARN, and Confluence. The attack involves server-side scripting vulnerabilities, obfuscated code, and malware deployment. The malware assesses the environment, disables cloud security, establishes persiste…

Published: December 18, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 35

The State of Cloud Ransomware in 2024

Cloud ransomware attacks are evolving, primarily targeting storage services like Amazon S3 and Azure Blob Storage. Attackers exploit misconfigurations or use stolen credentials to access and encrypt data. Cloud service providers have implemented security measures, such as AWS's 7-day key deletion w…

data exfiltration

cloud ransomware

web application attacks

identity management

Published: November 14, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 0

New Android Spyware Campaign Targets South Koreans via AWS

A sophisticated Android spyware campaign targeting South Koreans has been uncovered by Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs. Active since June 2024, the malware exploits an Amazon AWS S3 bucket as its Command and Control server to exfiltrate sensitive personal data including SMS messages, contacts,…

data exfiltration

stealth techniques

Published: October 1, 2024

Linked vulnerabilities : CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2017-11882, CVE-2024-21893

Downloadable IOCs: 7

TargetCompany’s Linux Variant Targets ESXi Environments

Since its discovery in 2021, TargetCompany has been evolving its techniques to circumvent security defenses employed by organizations; one such technique its use of a PowerShell script to bypass Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) and abuse of fully undetectable (FUD) obfuscator packers. A new varian…

Published: June 6, 2024

Downloadable IOCs: 3

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