In this section, of course,
we'll focus on our tools and techniques that enable us
to perform attacks against cloud environments.
Cloud attacks target vulnerabilities specific
to cloud computing environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
These vulnerabilities can expose cloud resources
to unauthorized access and data breaches,
making it essential to understand
and mitigate such risk.
Since more than 60% of businesses use cloud services,
and that number is just steadily growing,
understanding these methods are invaluable
when attacking and defending cloud systems.
Our focus in this section will be centered
around Domain 4, Attacks and Exploits.
Objective 4.6 will be our main focus in this section,
which states that given the scenario,
we must be able to perform cloud-based attacks
using the appropriate tools.
We will start things off with Identity
and Access management misconfigurations.
Exploring common IAM flaws such as excessive permissions,
and proper access controls, and misconfigured roles,
which can allow attackers to escalate privileges
or access sensitive information.
Resource Misconfigurations will be covered next,
where we'll learn
how incorrect settings of cloud resources
such as storage buckets, network access control lists,
and virtual machines can lead
to data exposure or unauthorized access.
Then Logging Informationexposures will be discussed,
emphasizing the importance of secure
and private log management
to prevent leaks of sensitive, operational,
or customer data through logs.
Next, Metadata Service Attacks will be explored,
focusing on exploiting the cloud services metadata service
used for configuring and managing instances
to gain data access without permission.
Then we'll move on to Image and Artifact Tampering,
which will show
how attackers can manipulate cloud images and artifacts
to insert malicious code or exploit software dependencies.
Supply Chain Attacks will be examined next,
highlighting the risk involved
with third-party services
and software dependencies in the cloud,
how these can be compromised to affect a broader system.
Container Exploits and Attacks will follow,
discussing vulnerability specific
to containerized environments, like Docker, Kubernetes,
and how they can be exploited.
We'll introduce you to tools
such as Kube-Hunter and Docker Bench, in this lesson.
Trust Relationship Abuse will be covered next,
focusing on how attackers can exploit trust relationships
between cloud services and components
to bypass security measures.
After that, Third-party Integration Exploits
will be discussed
to demonstrate the vulnerabilities introduced
by adding third-party services into cloud platforms,
including things like API and service hook exploits.
Then, Cloud Security Testing will be introduced,
outlining methods and cross-platform tools
such as ScoutSuite or specific tools, like Pako,
which are used for AWS environments
to assess the security posture
of cloud infrastructure systematically.
To wrap things up, a hands-on demo
of Conducting Cloud Audits will be performed
to provide practical experience
and evaluating cloud configurations,
identify misconfigurations,
and understanding how to help companies adapt
the best security practices.
Finally, we'll take a short quiz
to see what you learned during this section of the course
and review each of those quiz questions
to fully ensure you can explain
why each answer was right.
So, if you're ready to navigate
the complexities of cloud security,
let's begin our section on cloud attacks.