Chapter 8: Persisting in Azure Environments

In this final chapter, we will be covering different ways that an attacker can persist access in an Azure environment. Persistent access can be established at multiple levels in an Azure tenant, and it can allow you to continue to access sensitive resources during a long-term engagement. Additionally, this chapter should be a good resource for those trying to identify or prevent an attacker's access to an Azure environment.

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics: 

  • Understanding the goals of persistence
  • Persisting in an Azure subscription
  • Persisting in an Azure AD tenant

Understanding the goals of persistence

Persistence is a pretty simple concept. In general, we want to ...

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