2026 Cloud Attack Reality: AI-Powered Privilege Escalation to Full AWS Admin in Under 10 Minutes
Daily Threat Intel by CyberDudeBivash WWW.CYBERDUDEBIVASH.COM Zero-days , exploit breakdowns, IOCs, detection rules & mitigation playbooks. Follow on LinkedIn Apps & Security Tools 2026 Cloud Attack Reality: AI-Powered Privilege Escalation to Full AWS Admin in Under 10 Minutes The cloud security threat landscape has crossed a point of no return. In early 2026, multiple credible threat intelligence reports and real-world incident investigations confirmed something defenders have quietly feared for years but never experienced at this speed: AI-assisted attackers are now compressing the entire cloud privilege escalation chain - from initial credential compromise to full administrative control of AWS environments - in under ten minutes . This is not theoretical research. This is not a lab-only proof of concept. This is happening right now in production cloud environments. For organizations relying on re...