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The Sub-10-Minute Cloud Takeover: How Exposed IAM Keys, Misconfiguration and AI Are Rewriting the Rules of Cloud Breaches

medqualysPublished 2026-07-27

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<section style="background-color: #f7f8fb; padding: 16px 18px;"> <h4 style="color: #ed2e26;">Key Takeaways</h4>

<ul> <li>Two real-world cloud attacks reached meaningful impact in less than ten minutes despite pursuing entirely different objectives. </li> <li>Both attackers treated the environment as a connected system, using existing permissions and relationships to expand their r

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Original source: https://blog.qualys.com/category/qualys-insights