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title: "Pentera Labs: Exposed Cloud Training Apps Research"
description: Pentera Labs research reveals direct evidence of active attacker abuse across cloud environments at Fortune 500 organizations.
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## Read Pentera Labs latest research

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.

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