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Cloud Pen-Testing

Hack the cloud legally. Learn to exploit S3 buckets, IAM misconfigurations, and Lambda functions in AWS and Azure environments.

Cloud environments have unique attack surfaces. This course focuses on offensive security for AWS and Azure. You will learn to enumerate cloud resources, exploit over-permissive IAM roles for privilege escalation, and loot sensitive data from misconfigured storage buckets. We cover attacking serverless functions, bypassing WAFs, and establishing persistence in a cloud account. You will use specialized cloud hacking tools like Pacu and ScoutSuite to audit and exploit environments.

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⏱️ 5-Minute Lessons (Bite-sized learning)
🚀 21-Lesson Path (Independent modules)
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Complete Course Syllabus

  • 1
    Cloud Recon
    Identifying target cloud assets and user accounts.
  • 2
    IAM Attacks
    Abusing roles and policies to gain admin rights.
  • 3
    Storage Exploits
    Finding and extracting data from leaky buckets.
  • 4
    Serverless Attacks
    Injecting code into Lambda and function apps.
  • 5
    Persistence
    Creating backdoors and maintaining access.

Estimated completion time: 21 lessons • Self-paced learning • Lifetime access

Career Outlook

Estimated Salary
$130k - $180k

Career Paths

Cloud Pentester $135k-$185k
Cloud Sec Architect $140k-$190k
Red Team Operator $130k-$180k

What You Will Learn

Enumerate public and private cloud resources effectively
Exploit IAM misconfigurations for privilege escalation
Identify and loot unsecured S3/Blob storage buckets
Attack serverless functions and API Gateways
Audit cloud environments using automated tools

Skills You Will Gain

Cloud Security IAM Exploitation AWS/Azure Pentesting Reconnaissance Privilege Escalation

Who Is This For

Pentesters
Cloud Security Engs
Red Teamers

Prerequisites

Penetration Testing
Cloud Administration

Cloud Pen-Testing FAQs

Legal issues?

Strictly within scope; cloud providers have rules.

AWS or Azure?

Primary focus AWS, with Azure concepts included.

Prerequisites?

Must know basic Pentesting and AWS console.

Certification?

Prepares for certifications like GCPN or CART.

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Tech Stack & Tools

Pacu
ScoutSuite
AWS CLI
CloudSploit
Burp Suite

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