Cloud Databases

Cloud databases in the case of AWS refers to the Relational Database Service which is a prominent service on AWS that allows users to spawn database instances on the cloud and connect to them from anywhere.

Several different types and configurations of RDS exist. This also allows for an increased attack surface due to common misconfigurations and the ease with which users can work with these instances using the AWS cli and APIs.

What is this

This section covers the attacks for services under the Cloud databases/RDS umbrella of AWS.

• Attacking AWS RDS misconfigurations

• Stealing data from an RDS snapshot by modifying the instance

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