New “whoAMI” Attack Exploits AWS AMI Name Confusion for Remote Code Execution

New “whoAMI” Attack Exploits AWS AMI Name Confusion for Remote Code Execution

Feb 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / DevOps

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new type of name confusion attack called whoAMI that allows anyone who publishes an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with a specific name to gain code…

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