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GuardDuty Extended Threat Detection uncovers cryptomining campaign on Amazon EC2 and Amazon ECS

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Amazon GuardDuty and our automated security monitoring systems identified an ongoing cryptocurrency (crypto) mining campaign beginning on November 2, 2025. The operation uses compromised AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) credentials to target Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). GuardDuty Extended Threat …

How to automatically disable users in AWS Managed Microsoft AD based on GuardDuty findings

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Organizations are facing an increasing number of security threats, especially in the form of compromised user accounts. Manually monitoring and acting on suspicious activities is not only time-consuming but also prone to human error. The lack of automated responses to security incidents can lead to disastrous consequences, such as …

Mapping AWS security services to MITRE frameworks for threat detection and mitigation

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In the cloud security landscape, organizations benefit from aligning their controls and practices with industry standard frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK®, MITRE EngageTM, and MITRE D3FENDTM. MITRE frameworks are structured, openly accessible models that document threat actor behaviors to help organizations improve threat detection and response. Figure 1 …