Cleaning up

Cleaning up the cloud resources we created or deployed is a crucial step when working with vulnerable cloud applications and environments. If we don’t clean up and delete the resources we created right away, we might end up paying for unused cloud resources. In addition to this, these cloud resources may end up being attacked by malicious users as well. At a minimum, we will be paying for the time the following resources are running:

• 1 x e2-medium VM instance for the attacker machine
• 1 x f1-micro VM instance for the target machine

Please be aware that there are other costs we have to take into account as well—including data transfer fees, storage costs for persistent data used by instances, potential charges for other services utilized in the account, and any applicable taxes or fees associated with using resources.

Note

Since the overall cost when running these resources depends on several parameters, it is best to refer to the pricing...