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Compromised IAM Credentials Power a Large AWS Crypto Mining Campaign

Compromised IAM Credentials Power a Large AWS Crypto Mining Campaign


An ongoing campaign has been observed targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers using compromised Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to enable cryptocurrency mining.
The activity, first detected by Amazon’s GuardDuty managed threat detection service and its automated security monitoring systems on November 2, 2025, employs never-before-seen persistence techniques to hamper

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