Offensive Security

    AI-POWERED CLOUD PENETRATION TESTING

    The cloud is vast. Our AI agents watch it all. Faltrox Security delivers continuous, autonomous cloud security assessments for AWS, Azure, and GCP. We identify misconfigurations, IAM privilege escalations, and exposed secrets in near real-time, helping you maintain Zero Trust architecture at global scale.

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    Overview

    What Does A Cloud Pentest Cover?

    In the cloud, a static firewall is useless against a dynamic identity attack. A single over-permissive IAM role can allow an attacker to wipe your entire infrastructure.

    We use Machine Learning models to analyze your IAM graphs, detecting complex privilege escalation paths that human auditors miss. Our Cloud Breachers simulate compromised workloads to test your lateral movement defenses.

    Whether you are running Serverless in AWS or Kubernetes in GCP, our AI-augmented approach ensures your cloud posture is continuously validated against CIS Benchmarks and real-world attack vectors.

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    Landscape

    Supported Platforms

    We secure all major public cloud providers.

    01

    AWS Security

    Deep dives into S3, EC2, Lambda, and IAM. We identify misconfigured Security Groups and Route53 takeovers.

    02

    Azure Security

    Auditing Entra ID (Azure AD), Blob Storage permissions, and Virtual Network peering configurations.

    03

    Google Cloud (GCP)

    Checking IAM bindings for Service Accounts, GKE cluster hardening, and Firebase database rules.

    04

    Kubernetes (K8s)

    Securing EKS, AKS, and GKE clusters against container breakout and pod-to-pod attacks.

    05

    Serverless

    Testing Lambda/Functions for event injection, over-privileged roles, and insecure dependencies.

    06

    SaaS Configs

    Reviewing security settings for Office 365, Salesforce, and GitHub Enterprise.

    Methodology variants

    Testing Approaches

    We adapt the test based on the level of access provided.

    External Attack

    BLACK BOX

    We attempt to compromise your cloud assets from the outside, utilizing OSINT and exposed services. Pure adversarial simulation: zero prior knowledge.

    Assumed Breach

    GREY BOX

    We start with a compromised set of low-privilege credentials (e.g., a leaked developer key) to test lateral movement and escalation paths.

    Configuration Review

    WHITE BOX

    We have read-access to your cloud console to audit settings against CIS Benchmarks for the deepest possible coverage.

    Process

    Our Cloud Pentest Process

    Zero-Trust Cloud Validation. From Recon to Pivot.

    1. 01

      RECONNAISSANCE

      Enumerating public assets using tools like ScoutSuite and Prowler to find exposed buckets and weak policies.

    2. 02

      INITIAL ACCESS

      Attempting to gain initial footing via leaked keys (TruffleHog), SSRF, or misconfigured Lambda functions.

    3. 03

      PRIVILEGE ESCALATION

      Using Pacu framework to abuse 'PassRole' and 'AssumeRole' permissions to escalate to Organization Admin.

    4. 04

      LATERAL MOVEMENT

      Moving laterally from the compromised cloud environment (VPC Peering) to internal corporate networks.

    5. 05

      DATA EXFILTRATION

      Proving the ability to access and download sensitive data from S3, RDS, or DynamoDB.

    6. 06

      REPORTING

      Delivering a detailed report with remediation steps (Terraform/CLI commands) for your DevOps team.

    Scope

    Attack Surface

    We map the cloud kill chain from Initial Access to Impact.

    01critical

    Privilege Escalation

    Abusing 'PassRole' or 'AssumeRole' to become Admin.

    02critical

    Data Exposure

    Publicly accessible S3 buckets or unencrypted EBS volumes.

    03high

    SSRF Attacks

    Using cloud metadata services (169.254.169.254) to steal keys.

    04high

    Console Access

    Weak MFA on Root account or poor password hygiene.

    Outcomes

    Key benefits

    Secure your cloud transformation.

    Prevent Data Leaks

    Ensure your S3 buckets and databases are not accessible to the entire internet. Continuous validation across every region, every account, every identity boundary in your estate.

    Compliance Ready

    Align with CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 requirements for cloud security.

    Visibility

    Discover 'Shadow Cloud' accounts and resources created by developers outside of IT control.

    Cost Savings

    We often find unused, expensive resources (miners, zombie instances) during our audits.

    DevSecOps Integration

    We provide remediation as code (Terraform/CloudFormation) for easy implementation.

    IAM Hygiene

    Clean up unused roles and enforce Least Privilege access across your organization.

    Who we serve

    Who we protect

    01

    Cloud Native

    Startups and enterprises running entirely on AWS/GCP/Azure.

    02

    Regulated Industries

    FinTech and HealthTech companies needing strict cloud compliance.

    03

    Hybrid Cloud

    Organizations connecting on-premise data centers to public cloud VPCs.

    Differentiators

    Why Faltrox?

    FeatureStandard vendorFaltrox Security
    MethodologyAutomated scanningManual exploit chaining with AI assist
    ValidationScanner outputEvery finding reproduced by a practitioner
    Business logicIgnoredDeep inspection
    ReportingGeneric PDFDev-ready artefacts and proofs of concept
    Re-testingExtra costIncluded

    Compliance

    Compliance Mapping

    We map all findings to major cloud security frameworks to help with your audit preparation.

    Frameworks we map to

    • CIS Benchmarks
    • SOC 2 Type II
    • ISO 27001
    • NIST CSF
    • FedRAMP
    • PCI-DSS

    Audit ready

    Letters of attestation included.

    Standardised

    OWASP ASVS and NIST 800-115.

    FAQ

    Common questions

    01Do you test AWS, Azure, and GCP?

    Yes. Our team has hands-on offensive experience across all three major cloud providers, using tools like ScoutSuite and Prowler alongside manual review of AWS IAM, Azure Entra ID, and GCP Permissions.

    02Is this just a configuration review?

    No. While we review configs (CSPM), we also perform active exploitation testing, attempting to pivot from compromised containers, escalate IAM privileges, and exfiltrate data from S3 buckets.

    03Will this disrupt our production environment?

    We act with extreme caution. We focus on 'Read-Only' exploitation (e.g., proving we could delete a DB without actually doing it) and use non-destructive payloads.

    04Do you specialize in Kubernetes security?

    Yes. Cloud native environments often rely on K8s. We test for container breakouts, service mesh misconfigurations, and insecure secrets management within the cluster.

    05How do you handle credentials?

    We can perform a 'White Box' test where you grant us a Read-Only Audit Role, or a 'Black Box' test where we simulate an attacker with no credentials.

    06What about multi-cloud environments?

    We assess cross-cloud risks, such as insecure VPNs or trust relationships between your AWS and Azure environments which are common attack vectors.

    07Do you check for cost-related attacks?

    Yes. We check for vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to spin up crypto-miners (Denial of Wallet) at your expense.

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