Cryptojackers steal AWS credentials from GitHub in 5 minutes
October 30, 2023 at 02:36PM Security researchers have discovered a long-running cryptojacking campaign called “EleKtra-Leak” that clones GitHub repositories and steals exposed AWS credentials. The criminals behind the campaign are able to steal AWS credentials within minutes of them being exposed. They launch multiple Amazon EC2 instances to mine Monero. The researchers identified 474 miners … Read more