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Software vulnerabilities push credential abuse aside in cloud intrusions

ID: b95bc78c-9223-506a-be11-e179832c7e87

STIX ID: report--b95bc78c-9223-506a-be11-e179832c7e87

Feed Name: Help Net Security

Threat Score
88/100

Date Published: 2026-03-11

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

Author: Sinisa Markovic

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Google Cloud’s H1 2026 Cloud Threat Horizons report (covering H2 2025 activity) shows a shift toward rapid exploitation of unpatched third-party applications, extensive identity-based attacks (vishing, token theft, credential abuse), insider-driven data exfiltration to cloud storage, supply-chain compromises via developer tooling, and a sophisticated North Korean campaign abusing Kubernetes and service account tokens to steal cryptocurrency.

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