How Hackers Exploit AWS Message Queues

Описание: AWS SQS is a critical component for microservices, but it’s also a major blind spot in cloud security. In this crash course, we break down exactly how SQS works and why it is vulnerable to "Poison Pill" injections and Invisibility DoS attacks. Before you start hacking, you need to understand the architecture—this video covers the essential theory every cloud pentester needs to know.

🔹 Architecture: The difference between Standard and FIFO queues and why "decoupling" creates security gaps.
🔹 Recon Strategy: How to identify publicly accessible queues using Google Dorks.
🔹 Attack Vectors: Conceptual breakdown of Message Injection (Poison Pill) and PII harvesting.
🔹 Lateral Movement: How attackers theoretically pivot from SQS to stealing IAM roles via IMDS.

0:00 - What is AWS SQS? (Decoupling Explained)
0:50 - Standard vs. FIFO Queues
1:38 - Common Vulnerabilities (Integrity & Config)
2:20 - Recon: Finding Queues & Dorking
3:44 - The "Poison Pill" Attack Vector
5:16 - Denial of Service via Visibility Timeout
6:00 - Misconfigurations: Wildcards & Encryption
7:12 - Post-Exploitation & IMDS

Standard Queues: High throughput, at-least-once delivery (Target for DoS). * FIFO Queues: Exact order processing (Harder to flood).
Dead Letter Queues (DLQ): Often contain failed messages with sensitive PII/errors.

Tools Mentioned: Pacu, Cloud_Enum, AWS CLI, Burp Suite.