Azure and key vaults
PowerShell is a powerful scripting language and command line shell that can be instrumental in analyzing Azure resources and Key Vaults during a penetration test. Azure services, such as Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Azure Key Vault, are critical components that store sensitive information. Here’s how PowerShell can be employed to analyze Azure and Key Vaults in Azure during penetration testing.
Analyzing Azure resources
The following are the steps involved:
- Retrieving information about Azure resources:
PowerShell can retrieve detailed information about various Azure resources, including virtual machines, storage accounts, and networking components:
# Retrieve information about virtual machines in a specific resource group Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName "YourResourceGroup" | Select-Object Name, ResourceGroupName, Location, PowerState
This command lists the virtual machines in a specified resource group, displaying details such as VM...