January 18, 2024 at 01:02PM
Two cybercriminal groups used a French transportation company’s AWS accounts to send phishing emails, exploiting Amazon Web Services’ Simple Email Service (SES). The attackers bypassed spam filters and took advantage of SES’ features to send high volumes of emails. Cloud email attacks pose challenges in prevention and detection, with potential reputational and business impact.
From the provided meeting notes, it seems that there was a discussion about cybercriminals exploiting the AWS accounts of a French transportation company to send phishing emails using Amazon Web Services’ Simple Email Service (SES). The attackers took advantage of the production-level SES-enabled accounts of the transportation company to send a large volume of phishing emails and attempted to circumvent spam filters using DKIM authentication.
The meeting also highlighted the challenge of preventing cloud abuse, with insights from experts suggesting that while cloud service providers like AWS have some controls in place, it may be challenging to detect and prevent unauthorized activities. Additionally, account holders are encouraged to monitor and scrutinize email activities for abnormal behavior, and recipients are advised to exercise skepticism and attention to details when receiving emails to identify potential phishing attempts.
Overall, the meeting notes shed light on the growing trend of threat actors leveraging cloud services for malicious purposes and the difficulty in effectively preventing and mitigating cloud email attacks.
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