Scale hacking to secure your cloud and beyond

By Anand Prakash on 07 Sep 2022 @ Nullcon
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#cloud-pentesting #cloud-security-posture-management #container-security #security-testing #secure-development #bug-bounty #application-hardening
Focus Areas: πŸ“¦ Software Supply Chain Security , πŸ” Application Security , ☁️ Cloud Security , βš™οΈ DevSecOps , πŸ” Vulnerability Management

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The speaker, an expert content summarizer and cloud security professional, shares their experience in finding high-impact security bugs and the importance of persistence, ethics, and learning in the field. The talk focuses on cloud-related issues, highlighting the significant impact of cloud security vulnerabilities.

Key points:

  1. High-impact bugs: Critical application security bugs can lead to large bounty amounts and data breaches.
  2. Cloud security vulnerabilities: Misconfigurations and exposure can compromise entire companies, as seen in a 2020 report with an 86% increase in security misconfigurations.
  3. Case studies:
    • One company’s open Docker registry led to access to application code, AWS access keys, and eventually, Jira and GitHub tokens.
    • Another instance involved a developer publicly exposing their AWS key, allowing full cloud compromise of a $6 billion market cap crypto coin.

Takeaways:

  1. Persistence is key: Keep trying, even as a beginner in bug bounty hunting.
  2. Ethics are crucial: Don’t exploit bugs too much, and don’t try to extract money from companies for simple bugs without permission.
  3. Learn cloud security: It’s an emerging area with high demand.
  4. Don’t rely on tools alone: Learn coding, infrastructure, and what happens on the backend; use tools to automate tasks.

The speaker encourages the audience to start learning cloud security, emphasizes the importance of ethics, and warns against relying solely on tools.

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