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From credentials to cloud admin in 8 minutes: AI supercharges AWS attack chain

Summary by CSO Online
AI-assisted attackers weaponized exposed credentials and permissive roles to move from initial access to full AWS admin control in minutes.
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8 minutes. That's all it took for a malicious actor to move from using stolen identifiers to a complete administrative control of a victim's AWS environment. In his latest investigation, the Sysdig Threat Research Team (TRT) describes a very high-speed cloud intrusion, which marks a major turning point: the generalization of AI-assisted threats. This attack, detected on November 28, 2025, was distinguished not only by its speed, but also by the …

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CSO Online broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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