Here's a handy GREP to find AccessKey/SecretKey pairs: grep -RP '(?<![A-Z0-9])[A-Z0-9]{20}(?![A-Z0-9])' * grep -RP '(?<![A-Za-z0-9/+=])[A-Za-z0-9/+=]{40}(?![A-Z

Here's a handy GREP to find AccessKey/SecretKey pairs: grep -RP '(?<![A-Z0-9])[A-Z0-9]{20}(?![A-Z0-9])' * grep -RP '(?<![A-Za-z0-9/+=])[A-Za-z0-9/+=]{40}(?![A-Za-z0-9/+=])' * source: http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/security/post/Tx1XG3FX6VMU6O5/A-safer-way-to-distribute-AWS-credentials-to-EC2 http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/security/post/Tx1XG3FX6VMU6O5/A-...