Cloud Infrastructure Discovery

Technique · ATTACK:enterprise:T1580

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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:T1580",
  "title": "Cloud Infrastructure Discovery",
  "type": "Technique",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1580",
  "snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
  "status": "active",
  "rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
  "review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
  "stix_id": "attack-pattern--57a3d31a-d04f-4663-b2da-7df8ec3f8c9d",
  "external_id": "T1580",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2020-08-20T17:51:25.671Z",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.635Z",
  "version": "1.3",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [
    "discovery"
  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "Expel IO Evil in AWS",
      "url": "https://expel.io/blog/finding-evil-in-aws/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "AWS Head Bucket",
      "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_HeadBucket.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "AWS Get Public Access Block",
      "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetPublicAccessBlock.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "AWS Describe DB Instances",
      "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeDBInstances.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Amazon Describe Instance",
      "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ssm/describe-instance-information.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Amazon Describe Instances API",
      "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeInstances.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Google Compute Instances",
      "url": "https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute/instances/list"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Mandiant M-Trends 2020",
      "url": "https://www.mandiant.com/sites/default/files/2021-09/mtrends-2020.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Microsoft AZ CLI",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/ad/user?view=azure-cli-latest"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Malwarebytes OSINT Leaky Buckets - Hioureas",
      "url": "https://blog.malwarebytes.com/researchers-corner/2019/09/hacking-with-aws-incorporating-leaky-buckets-osint-workflow/"
    }
  ]
}

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