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  • Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    • Allows organizations to set up virtual private networks to route traffic from instances to their core services, such as S3 buckets.
    • Example: curl https://mxrads-archives-packets-linux.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/beaconTest.html will automatically route straight to S3 through Amazon's internal network, rather than going through the public internet.
    • This allows organizations to close access to the internet for instances while still retaining access to AWS services.
    • Look for this when you have RCE, RFI, or similar and you can't get the instance to reach out to the internet. Try uploading a file to an s3 bucket you control and curling the bucket instead; it might go through a VPC.
    • Can also be used as a C2 channel
  • Evading CloudWatch
    • Cannot disable, but can disrupt the trail for ingestion into automated tools and dashboards.
      • aws cloudtrail update-trail --name default --no-include-global-service-events --no-is-multi-region --region=<region>
    • For best results, disable before doing quick API calls you need to be outside of the logging, then re-enable at least 20 minutes later.
  • Quickly grep Linux files looking for:
    • AWS keys
      • grep -R "AKIA" -4 *
    • S3 drivers used in Spark
      • egrep -R "s3[a|n]://" *
  • Dangerous permissions
    • PassRole
      • Allows users to assign any role to an instance, including an admin role. Allows full AWS account takeover.