Hackers Exploit AWS Misconfigurations to Launch Phishing Attacks via SES and WorkMail


Threat actors are targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments to push out phishing campaigns to unsuspecting targets, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42.The cybersecurity company is tracking the activity cluster under the name TGR-UNK-0011 (short for a threat group with unknown motivation), which it said overlaps with a group known as JavaGhost. TGR-UNK-0011 is known to be active since 2019."The group focused historically on defacing websites," security researcher Margaret Kelley said. "In 2022, they pivoted to sending out phishing emails for financial gain."

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