Amazon EC2 - Attack & Defense

Walkthrough summary

Amazon EC2 - Attack & Defense TryHackMe walkthrough with 11 answered prompts and lab methodology notes.

Sample prompts covered

• Connect to your EC2 Instance via Instance Connect. Run the id command, and answer what user you're logged in as:
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• Now connect via SSM Session Manager. Run the id command. What user are you connected as?
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• Using either the Instance Connect or SSM Session Manager session, run "sudo passwd root" and set a password for the root user. Can you now log in with the EC2 Serial Console (Yea or Nay)
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• What is the role_name attached to your Instance?
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• What was the "Type" of the Credentials returned?
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