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[HackerNews] Researchers Uncover AWS SSM Agent Misuse as a Covert Remote Access Trojan #17188

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Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new post-exploitation technique in Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows the AWS Systems Manager Agent (SSM Agent) to be run as a remote access trojan on Windows and Linux environments "The SSM agent, a legitimate tool used by admins to manage their instances, can be re-purposed by an attacker who has achieved high privilege access on an endpoint with

https://thehackernews.com/2023/08/researchers-uncover-aws-ssm-agent.html

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