Data storage and S3 buckets
When conducting a penetration test on AWS, profiling data storage and S3 buckets is crucial for identifying potential vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations. With its AWS module support, PowerShell provides a flexible and powerful environment for performing such assessments. Next, we’ll look at a detailed explanation with examples of how PowerShell can be used to profile data storage and S3 buckets as part of a penetration test.
Listing all S3 buckets
PowerShell can be used to enumerate all S3 buckets in an AWS account:
# List all S3 buckets Get-S3Bucket
Retrieving the bucket policy
PowerShell allows fetching the access policy of an S3 bucket, providing insights into who can access the data:
# Get the policy for a specific S3 bucket Get-S3BucketPolicy -BucketName " snowcapcyber-bucket"
Checking bucket permissions
PowerShell scripts can assess and identify open or misconfigured access permissions on S3 buckets...
