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IAM - Attacker having knowledge of unused passwords can compromise the infrastructure
Threat: Spoofing
Mitigations:
- Disable or delete accounts with passwords unused for a long time.
References: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_finding-unused.html
Related to https://github.com/owasp-cloud-security/owasp-cloud-security/blob/master/aws/iam/aws_iam_threats.yaml#L66 but this is a different threat.