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ADVANCED PENETRATION TESTING: HACKING INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
ADVANCED PENETRATION HACKING INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
By Richard Knowell
📘 About the Book
Modern DevOps and Cloud teams rely on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — but IaC can also be weaponized. This book exposes the hidden attack surface of Terraform, Chef, and Puppet, showing how adversaries exploit misconfigurations, exposed repositories, and CI/CD weaknesses to compromise entire environments. Readers will learn to detect, defend, and harden cloud infrastructure before attackers strike.
💡 What You’ll Learn
• How IaC works across Terraform, Puppet, and Chef
• Common IaC attack vectors — Bitbucket, GitHub, S3 leaks, and API exploits
• Exploiting SaaS deployments and CI/CD dry runs for privilege escalation
• Persistence, exfiltration, and evasion using IaC code
• Defensive strategies to secure DevOps pipelines and IaC templates
🧠 Who This Book Is For
Cybersecurity professionals, DevSecOps engineers, cloud architects, and ethical hackers who want a deep dive into real-world IaC attack simulation and prevention.
⚙️ Table of Topics
Infrastructure as Code fundamentals • Terraform, Puppet, Chef deep dives • Attack Vectors • SaaS Exploits • Dry Run Abuse • Secrets via APIs • Persistence • Exfiltration • Logging Evasion • IaC Marketplace Attacks
👨💻 Author’s Note
Written with hands-on research and field experience, this book serves as both a red-team playbook and a defensive guide for securing IaC-driven infrastructure.
By Richard Knowell
📘 About the Book
Modern DevOps and Cloud teams rely on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) — but IaC can also be weaponized. This book exposes the hidden attack surface of Terraform, Chef, and Puppet, showing how adversaries exploit misconfigurations, exposed repositories, and CI/CD weaknesses to compromise entire environments. Readers will learn to detect, defend, and harden cloud infrastructure before attackers strike.
💡 What You’ll Learn
• How IaC works across Terraform, Puppet, and Chef
• Common IaC attack vectors — Bitbucket, GitHub, S3 leaks, and API exploits
• Exploiting SaaS deployments and CI/CD dry runs for privilege escalation
• Persistence, exfiltration, and evasion using IaC code
• Defensive strategies to secure DevOps pipelines and IaC templates
🧠 Who This Book Is For
Cybersecurity professionals, DevSecOps engineers, cloud architects, and ethical hackers who want a deep dive into real-world IaC attack simulation and prevention.
⚙️ Table of Topics
Infrastructure as Code fundamentals • Terraform, Puppet, Chef deep dives • Attack Vectors • SaaS Exploits • Dry Run Abuse • Secrets via APIs • Persistence • Exfiltration • Logging Evasion • IaC Marketplace Attacks
👨💻 Author’s Note
Written with hands-on research and field experience, this book serves as both a red-team playbook and a defensive guide for securing IaC-driven infrastructure.
128 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 5, 2025
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