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Recovering and Auditing Access to DynamoDB

In this lab, our colleague has found his way into the architecture for a site we've created using DynamoDB. We will have to investigate what he's done using CloudTrail, and then disable several phases of site vandalism by manipulating IAM resources.

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Clock icon Nov 22, 2019

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Identify `phaseOne` IAM Credentials and Disable/Delete Them

    1. Use CloudTrail to identify the IAM role being used for phaseOne of the prank.
    2. Delete or disable the role once identified.

  2. Challenge

    Identify `phaseTwo` IAM Credentials and Disable/Delete Them

    1. Use CloudTrail to identify the IAM role being used for phaseTwo of the prank.
    2. Delete or disable the role once identified.

  3. Challenge

    Identify `phaseThree` IAM Credentials and Disable/Delete Them

    1. Use CloudTrail to identify the IAM role being used for phaseThree of the prank.
    2. Delete or disable the role once identified.
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