Alert: Threat Actors Can Leverage AWS STS to Infiltrate Cloud Accounts

Alert: Threat Actors Can Leverage AWS STS to Infiltrate Cloud Accounts

Threat actors can take advantage of Amazon Web Services Security Token Service (AWS STS) as a way to infiltrate cloud accounts and conduct follow-on attacks. The service enables threat actors to impersonate user identities and roles in cloud environments, Red Canary researchers Thomas Gardner and Cody Betsworth said in a Tuesday analysis. AWS STS is a web service that enables