AWS IAM Initial Access

Prompts and answers

• What is the primary mechanism of access in aws?
  IAM Credentials
• What file should prevent files from being included when they are uploaded to a remote git repository?
  .gitignore
• What CloudFormation resource can be used for phishing AWS administrators?
  stackset
• What is the IP address of the AWS EC2 Metadata Endpoint?
  169.254.169.254
• What is an IAM Role called that is automatically loaded on an EC2 instance?
  InstanceProfile
• What are the first four words in the name of the assumed-role when you retrieve the permissions for the IAM role?
  StackSet-iam-initial-access
• Once you have assumed the role with the stolen credentials, what two-word string from the role name fits in the answer?
  simple-lambda