The 30-Minute Breach: How an Attacker Went from Port Scan to Data Exfiltration on a Cloud Server

1. 1Identify unpatched vulnerabilities in your cloud server using a vulnerability scanner
2. 2Run a port scan to detect open ports and potential entry points
3. 3Configure a web application firewall to detect and prevent malicious workflows
4. 4Test your incident response plan to ensure you can respond quickly to a breach
5. 5Apply security patches and updates to prevent exploitation of known vulnerabilities

Security teams and cloud administrators can benefit from understanding this breach to improve their cloud server security and incident response

💡 Unpatched vulnerabilities can be exploited quickly and easily by attackers, highlighting the importance of regular security updates and patches

🚨 30-minute breach: attacker exploited unpatched vulnerability & ran 45 malicious workflows to exfiltrate data from a cloud server 🚨