markofu

Security Tools for AWS

I often get asked which tools are good to use for securing your AWS infrastructure so I figured I'd write a short listof some useful Security Tools for the AWS Cloud Infrastructure.

This list is not intended be something completely exhaustive, more so provide a good launching pad for someone as they dig into AWS and want to make it secure from the start.

Open Source

This section focuses on tools and services provided by the community and released as open-source.

Neo23x0

Base64 Patterns - Learning Aid

Base64 Code	Mnemonic Aid	Decoded*	Description
JAB	🗣 Jabber	$.	Variable declaration (UTF-16), e.g. JABlAG4AdgA for $env:
TVq	📺 Television	MZ	MZ header
SUVY	🚙 SUV	IEX	PowerShell Invoke Expression
SQBFAF	🐣 Squab favorite	I.E.	PowerShell Invoke Expression (UTF-16)
SQBuAH	🐣 Squab uahhh	I.n.	PowerShell Invoke string (UTF-16) e.g. Invoke-Mimikatz
PAA	💪 "Pah!"	<.	Often used by Emotet (UTF-16)

Neo23x0

import hashlib
import re

def calculate_rule_hash(rule):
    """
    Calculates a hash over the relevant YARA rule content (string contents, sorted condition)
    Requires a YARA rule object as generated by 'plyara': https://github.com/plyara/plyara
    :param rule: yara rule object
    :return hash: generated hash
    """