Simulate real-world attacks using tactics, techniques, and procedures that adversaries use during cloud breachesKey FeaturesUnderstand the different Azure attack techniques and methodologies used by hackersFind out how you can ensure end-to-end cybersecurity in the Azure ecosystemDiscover various tools and techniques to perform successful penetration tests on your Azure infrastructureBook Description“If you're looking for this book, you need it.” ― 5* Amazon ReviewCurious about how safe Azure really is? Put your knowledge to work with this practical guide to penetration testing.This book offers a no-faff, hands-on approach to exploring Azure penetration testing methodologies, which will get up and running in no time with the help of real-world examples, scripts, and ready-to-use source code.As you learn about the Microsoft Azure platform and understand how hackers can attack resources hosted in the Azure cloud, you'll find out how to protect your environment by identifying vulnerabilities, along with extending your pentesting tools and capabilities.First, you'll be taken through the prerequisites for pentesting Azure and shown how to set up a pentesting lab. You'll then simulate attacks on Azure assets such as web applications and virtual machines from anonymous and authenticated perspectives.In the later chapters, you'll learn about the opportunities for privilege escalation in Azure tenants and ways in which an attacker can create persistent access to an environment.By the end of this book, you'll be able to leverage your ethical hacking skills to identify and implement different tools and techniques to perform successful penetration tests on your own Azure infrastructure.What you will learnIdentify how administrators misconfigure Azure services, leaving them open to exploitationUnderstand how to detect cloud infrastructure, service, and application misconfigurationsExplore processes and techniques for exploiting common Azure security issuesUse on-premises networks to pivot and escalate access within AzureDiagnose gaps and weaknesses in Azure security implementationsUnderstand how attackers can escalate privileges in Azure ADWho this book is forThis book is for new and experienced infosec enthusiasts who want to learn how to simulate real-world Azure attacks using tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) that adversaries use in cloud breaches. Any technology professional working with the Azure platform (including Azure administrators, developers, and DevOps engineers) interested in learning how attackers exploit vulnerabilities in Azure hosted infrastructure, applications, and services will find this book useful.Table of ContentsAzure Platform and Architecture OverviewBuilding Your Own EnvironmentFinding Azure Services and VulnerabilitiesExploiting Reader PermissionsExploiting Contributor Permissions on IaaS ServicesExploiting Contributor Permissions on PaaS ServicesExploiting Owner and Privileged Azure AD Role PermissionsPersisting in Azure Environments
✔ Author(s): David Okeyode,Karl Fosaaen,Charles Horton
✔ Title: Penetration Testing Azure for Ethical Hackers: Develop practical skills to perform pentesting and risk assessment of Microsoft Azure environments
✔ Rating : 4.9 out of 5 base on (53 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1839212934
✔ ISBN-13: 9781839212932
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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