Glossary
IAM
Identity and Access Management — A framework of policies and technologies that ensures the right individuals have the right access to the right resources at the right time, encompassing authentication, authorization, and the lifecycle management of user accounts. It is foundational to a zero trust security model.
Recent coverage mentioning IAM
ClickFix Campaigns: Threat Actors Exploit Legitimate Services
Threat actors leverage social engineering in 'ClickFix' campaigns, abusing legitimate services to gain persistent access and compromise organizations.
Cloud Security Index 2026: Multi-Cloud Risk Analysis
Intruder analyzed cloud misconfigurations across AWS, Azure, and GCP, revealing distinct risk profiles and universal IAM challenges.
METR Suffers API Key Credential Theft, $600,000 Loss
AI model evaluator METR experienced credential theft, leading to an API key compromise and $600,000 in public AI model credit consumption.
AI 'Machine Speed' Accelerates Cyberattacks to Hours
Researchers demonstrate how advanced AI agents can drastically reduce cyberattack timelines, compressing multi-week operations into mere hours.
Detecting SSRF Hostname Obfuscation: 1u.ms and Cloud Metadata
Attackers are leveraging hostnames and services like 1u.ms to obfuscate IP addresses (e.g., 169.254.169.254), bypassing traditional SSRF blocklist defenses.
Hundreds of Leaked AWS Keys Expose Corporate Cloud Accounts
Research reveals over 9,000 publicly exposed Amazon Web Services access keys remain active, including hundreds of root and administrator credentials.
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