Cloud Abuse at Scale www.fortinet.com/blog/thre… Identity compromise remains one of the most pressing threats to cloud infrastructure today. When attackers gain access to valid credentials, they can often bypass the traditional security controls designed to protect those environments. In AWS, this type of compromise frequently manifests through abuse of the Simple Email Service (SES), one of the most common tactics observed in real-world intrusions. SES offers adversaries a convenient and scalable way to conduct illicit email operations once they’ve obtained valid AWS access keys.

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