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Reconnaissance

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

4 guides Updated May 24, 2026
4 guides

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.

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.

Route53 and CloudFront Reconnaissance

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

S3 Bucket Discovery

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