Stealing the Silver Lining

Cloud

Estimated Time

30

Difficulty

Medium

Point Value

20

Query Languages

SPL

Cloud Catastrophe
Part of Pathway

Cloud Catastrophe

The morning started like any other at Nimbus Technologies, a growing startup with a substantial AWS footprint. Their monitoring dashboard suddenly lit up with alerts—unusual login patterns, unexpected API calls, and resource changes nobody authorized.

6 Techniques

Challenge Description

After identifying resources in Nimbus Technologies' AWS account, you noticed actions occurring that don't match up to the compromised user. Privilege escalation must have occurred!

Log Source Types

AWS CloudTrail

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

T1098 - Account Manipulation
T1548 - Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

Getting Started

1

Sign in or create an account to begin the challenge

2

Review the challenge description and log types

3

Click "Start Challenge" to begin your investigation

Ready to start the challenge?

Head to the workspace to begin solving