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Search your application, proxy, and VPC flow logs for any GET requests to 169.254.169.254 . An immediate alert should fire if this is discovered from an unexpected source. Recommended actions: Search your application, proxy, and VPC

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: Because the request originates from inside the cloud environment, the metadata service trusts it.

Recommended actions:

Search your application, proxy, and VPC flow logs for any GET requests to 169.254.169.254 . An immediate alert should fire if this is discovered from an unexpected source.

If you see a log entry containing callback-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fmeta data-2Fiam-2Fsecurity credentials-2F or its decoded form:

While this mechanism is incredibly convenient, the IP address 169.254.169.254 has become infamous in the cybersecurity world due to .

: Because the request originates from inside the cloud environment, the metadata service trusts it.