Cybercriminals are breaking into organizations’ cloud storage containers, exfiltrating their sensitive data and, in several cases, have been paid off by the victim organizations to not leak or sell the stolen data. “The attackers behind this campaign likely leveraged extensive automation techniques to operate successfully and rapidly,” according to Palo Alto Networks researchers. Exposed environment files hold keys to hosting cloud environments The attackers gained access to the cloud storage containers by scanning for and … More →

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