Kubernetes Attacks Series Part 1: Setting Up EKS Cluster in AWS

Welcome to the first video in our brand new Attacking EKS Clusters series! In this series, we will use the Kubernetes Threat Matrix to systematically exploit an Amazon EKS cluster, learn how to configure proper logging to detect these attacks, and review the actual logs to see what malicious activity looks like. In this kickoff episode, we walk through building the underlying infrastructure. We are deploying a two-node Amazon EKS cluster using t3.small EC2 instances. Using EKS saves us the headache of managing Kubernetes certificates manually, letting us focus on the exploitation and defense. We also enable Network Policies via the VPC CNI add-on, which will be crucial in future videos for demonstrating pod isolation and lateral movement restrictions. Note: Running this lab on AWS will cost approximately $100/month if you are outside the free tier. I recommend spinning it up only when you are actively testing. 💻 EKS Lab Setup Commands: All the commands used to deploy, configure, and tear down this lab environment are available on my GitHub: https://github.com/Ruatelo/EKS-config 🔗 Resources & Tools Mentioned: AWS CLI Installation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/lates... kubectl Installation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tool... eksctl Installation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/lates... Kubernetes Threat Matrix: https://kubernetes-threat-matrix.redg... If you are ready to start exploiting Kubernetes, make sure to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell so you don't miss the next video where we launch our first attacks! #Kubernetes #AWS #EKS #CloudSecurity #Pentesting #EthicalHacking #K8sSecurity #InfoSec #RedTeam #K8sThreatMatrix