EPISODE 8 — “The Cloud Bucket Nobody Secured”
A storage bucket appears in the cloud at 2:13 a.m.
No owner.
No encryption.
Public access.
And external traffic hits it minutes later.
Episode 8 of CyberLex Blue Team Academy dives into the quiet world of cloud misconfigurations—one of the most common and most dangerous weaknesses in modern environments. You’ll learn how attackers exploit permissive roles, drifted IAM policies, and public storage buckets to stage data for exfiltration.
What you’ll learn:
How cloud buckets get created with insecure defaults
Why IAM drift is one of the biggest cloud risks
How attackers use automation to detect misconfigs instantly
How compromised API keys lead to silent privilege escalation
How to read cloud access logs for reconnaissance patterns
How to contain cloud incidents before data leaves the environment
Defender steps: revoke, isolate, audit, monitor
Ideal for:
Security+ learners exploring cloud fundamentals
CC learners understanding identity and permissions
CySA+ students practicing detection in cloud logs
CCSP learners studying storage, IAM, and attack paths
SOC analysts and cloud professionals
Anyone transitioning into cloud security roles
A single cloud bucket
can open the entire environment
if no one’s watching.
Listen to Episode 8 now — The Cloud Bucket Nobody Secured.
Your cloud instincts strengthen here.