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Amazon SES increasingly abused in phishing to evade detection
The Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is being increasingly abused to send convincing phishing emails that can bypass standard security filters and render reputation-based blocks ineffective. [...]
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🔍Threat Overview
Amazon SES is being abused in phishing attacks to evade detection, allowing attackers to bypass security filters and reputation-based blocks. The increasing exposure of AWS credentials in public assets is driving this abuse.
⚙️Technical Details
Affected Systems
AWS Simple Email Service (SES)
Attack Vectors
Leveraging Amazon SES for phishing emailsExposure of AWS credentials in GitHub repositories, .ENV files, Docker images, backups, and publicly accessible S3 buckets
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: high
Who Is at Risk
Companies using AWS Simple Email Service (SES)Severity: high
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Restrict IAM permissions based on the 'least privilege' principles
2Enable multi-factor authentication
3Regularly rotate keys and apply IP-based access restrictions and encryption controls
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