Staying ahead of malicious threat actors in the cloud is the key to preventing costly data breaches and ensuring secure operations. But how do you know what these bad actors are looking for in order to carry out their schemes? It may help to look inside the mind of a cloud threat actor and understand the techniques they use.
They often exploit existing APIs to find vulnerabilities and employ a variety of tools. Some of these tools are specifically designed for compromising cloud environments, while others are repurposed from technologies originally intended for risk awareness and defense. These methods enable attackers to conduct reconnaissance, move laterally, escalate privileges, exfiltrate data, create backdoors, and more.
Article Link: Cloud Security: Decoding Threat Actor Tactics & Strengthening Defenses