To make matters worse, both the ~/.aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config files stolen by TeamTNT are unencrypted and contain plaintext credentials and configuration details for a target's AWS account ...

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

EleKtra-Leak leverages automated tools that allow threat actors to clone public GitHub code repositories continuously, scanning for exposed AWS IAM credentials.

The information pulled this way included AWS customer keys and secrets, database credentials, Git credentials and source code, SMTP credentials (for email sending), API keys for services like ...