AWS can automatically quarantine exposed Identity and Access Management (IAM) access keys that appear in public GitHub repositories. This process involves applying a restrictive managed policy within seconds to reduce the risk of cloud abuse. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 documented this response mechanism, showing that AWS employs the AWSCompromisedKeyQuarantine managed policy to […]

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