SECURITYJun 5 · 05:34 UTCTHE HACKER NEWS[email protected] (The Hacker News)

PCPJack Hijacks 230 AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure Servers for Covert SMTP Relay Network

PCPJack has hijacked cloud servers from AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure to create a covert SMTP relay network. Compromised business servers in the U.S., Europe, and Asia were converted into SMTP proxies, verified for mail relay capability, and synced every five minutes.

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