The original headline is: "4 AWS Infrastructure Gotchas That Will Get Your Account Hacked (And How to Fix Them in Terraform)"

Short summary

Four AWS misconfigurations regularly cause account breaches and surprise $14K bills: wildcard IAM permissions, unprotected S3 buckets, exposed database ports, and static CI/CD credentials. Each has a straightforward Terraform fix using least-privilege access and temporary credentials. Essential audit checklist for everyone managing AWS infrastructure.

• •Wildcard IAM permissions and exposed S3 buckets let attackers wipe your entire AWS account with a single vulnerability
• •Open database ports and static CI/CD credentials in repos enable database intrusions and credential compromise
• •Each fix is a few lines of Terraform: least-privilege IAM, security group isolation, and OIDC federation for temporary tokens

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