Tag: lateral attacks

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AWS AgentCore Flaw Exposes Credentials, Enables Lateral Attacks

A single chat prompt was all it took for an external attacker to exploit a vulnerability in AWS AgentCore, extracting sensitive IMDS credentials and taking over all agents in the same account and region. This shocking security flaw highlights the potential for devastating lateral attacks with just a single exposed agent.

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