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.

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.

Users of AI cloud services such as Amazon Bedrock are increasingly being targeted by attackers who abuse stolen credentials in a new attack dubbed LLMjacking.

The tool uses an array of methods to retrieve credentials from misconfigured web servers, like targeting environment variable files (.env) and configuration files that might contain SMTP, AWS ...

After if began stealing AWS credentials last summer, the TeamTNT botnet is now also stealing Docker API logins, making the use of firewalls mandatory for all internet-exposed Docker interfaces.