
Cloudflare Report Highlights Identity-Based Attacks in Cloud Environments
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Cloudflare's research indicates that attackers are exploiting blind spots in complex cloud environments to conduct identity-based attacks, achieving outcomes comparable to those of advanced malware or zero-day exploits. These attacks do not require high levels of sophistication to succeed. The report highlights that adversaries are leveraging existing network infrastructure against organizations rather than relying solely on external threats. No specific technical details, dates, or CVE IDs were provided in the excerpt. The impact involves increased risk from identity-based compromises in cloud environments.