Cloud Cover: How Malicious Actors Are Leveraging Cloud Services
released on 2024-08-07 @ 11:18:35 AM
In recent times, there has been a notable rise in the exploitation of legitimate cloud services by threat actors, including nation-state groups. Attackers have realized the potential of these services to provide low-cost infrastructure, evading detection as communication to trusted platforms may not raise suspicion. Over the past few weeks, Symantec's Threat Hunter Team uncovered three espionage operations utilizing cloud services and discovered evidence of additional tools under development.