AWS CloudFormation Phishing Attack: A Growing Threat
✨ Introduction It starts with an innocuous-looking email. The sender claims to be AWS Support, warning the recipient about an urgent security issue. A single button labeled “Launch Stack” is prominently placed, urging immediate action. What appears to be a standard security advisory is, in reality, the gateway to a sophisticated AWS account takeover attempt. Threat actors are exploiting AWS CloudFormation StackSets in phishing campaigns designed to compromise AWS environments. Originally reported by Rami McCarthy back in 2022 and by Scott Piper in this blogpost (2021), this technique continues to evolve, demonstrating how adversaries leverage AWS automation against its own users. ...