Cryptomining campaign targeting Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECS | AWS Security Blog

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Summary:
- This article discusses a cryptomining campaign that is targeting Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) instances.
- The campaign involves hackers using stolen AWS credentials to gain unauthorized access to these cloud computing resources and then using them to mine cryptocurrency, which generates revenue for the hackers.
- The article explains how AWS is working to detect and mitigate this threat, and it provides recommendations for AWS customers to secure their cloud environments and protect against similar attacks.

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