Permiso Discovers Smishing Attack to Steal AWS Credentials

Permiso, a provider of a platform for correlating IT events to identities, today disclosed the discovery of an attack through which cybercriminals are employing text messages to steal credentials that enable them to access Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. Nathan Eades, a threat researcher for Permiso, said cybercriminals are leveraging Simple Notification Service (SNS) to..

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