# AWS Cloud compute

This section covers the attacks for services under the Cloud Compute umbrella of AWS.

This includes attacks against AWS EC2 instances and Lambda service.

## What are we going to cover

This module will primarily cover

* Abuse the EC2 metadata endpoint via SSRF
* Generate and steal temporary credentials from the EC2 instance
* Use SSM to gain reverse shells on unreachable machines
* AWS Instance Metadata Version 2 Enhancements (IMDSv2)

## Additional Information

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