Pentera Labs research uncovers direct evidence of active attacker abuse inside cloud environments operated by Fortune 500 companies and leading cybersecurity vendors.

The cause: Thousands of publicly exposed training and demo apps running in cloud environments with default settings and overly permissive roles created a widespread blind spot that lets attackers escalate far beyond the vulnerable app itself.

The full research reveals:

• Confirmed compromises inside Fortune 500 cloud accounts
• Active crypto-mining deployments
• Webshells, obfuscated scripts, and persistent footholds
• Paths enabling lateral movement and privilege escalation

Download the Research to understand how attackers are exploiting this gap today, along with practical guidance to close it before it becomes a breach.