Do Son AWS patches a high-severity (8.7) Firecracker flaw allowing root guests to trigger memory corruption via the virtio-pci transport. Update your microVMs now.
AWS Lambda
Hackers are weaponizing AWS termination protection to lock defenders out while they mine crypto on hijacked ECS/EC2 resources using a malicious Docker image.
Unit 42 uncovers HazyBeacon, a novel backdoor using AWS Lambda URLs for stealthy C2. It's deployed via DLL sideloading, targeting Southeast Asian govts for trade documents.