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Enumeration, exploitation, and post-exploitation techniques targeting AWS environments. Covers IAM abuse, metadata service, S3 misconfigurations, credential harvesting, and lateral movement across accounts and services.

34 guides 3 phases

Reconnaissance

AWS recon covering S3, IAM, CloudFront, and asset exposure mapping

4

AWS Account ID and IAM Discovery

Techniques for enumerating AWS Account IDs and IAM principals using unauthenticated and authenticated methods to map cloud identity attack surface.

May 24, 2026 3 min read

AWS Asset Exposure Mapping

Identify and enumerate publicly exposed AWS assets including S3 buckets, EC2 instances, APIs, and misconfigured IAM policies to map an organisation's attack surface.

May 24, 2026 3 min read

Route53 and CloudFront Reconnaissance

Enumerate AWS Route53 DNS records and CloudFront distributions to map target infrastructure, identify origins, uncover misconfigurations, and expose hidden endpoints.

May 24, 2026 2 min read

S3 Bucket Discovery

Techniques for discovering exposed AWS S3 buckets through permutation, DNS enumeration, and metadata analysis to identify misconfigured storage assets.

May 24, 2026 1 min read

Enumeration

Guides covering AWS service enum across IAM, EC2, S3, and more

28

CloudFormation Stack Enumeration

Enumerate AWS CloudFormation stacks, resources, outputs, and parameters to map infrastructure, expose sensitive configs, and identify attack paths.

May 24, 2026 2 min read
2 steps

EC2

May 24, 2026

EC2 Instance and Security Group Enumeration

Enumerate AWS EC2 instances and security groups using CLI and SDK techniques to map attack surface, expose misconfigurations, and identify lateral movement opportunities.

May 24, 2026 1 min read

Setup

Covers cred types, tool install, and CLI config for AWS pentests

2

AWS Pentesting Tools & Configuration

Covers AWS pentesting environment setup, including tool installation, credential configuration, IAM permissions, and CLI/SDK preparation for cloud security assessments.

May 24, 2026 3 min read