Weaponizing CloudFormation

Date:
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Time:
2pm ET / 7pm BST
Weaponizing CloudFormation: Turning Automation Against Itself, a Bishop Fox offensive cloud security workshop.

In this fully hands-on offensive cloud security workshop, attendees will start with limited IAM permissions and learn to identify and exploit misconfigured CloudFormation execution roles using iam:PassRole, service roles, and Lambda-backed Custom Resources. Participants will weaponize CloudFormation templates to build persistence inside service-scoped IAM paths without needing direct administrative access.

The workshop digs into realistic cloud attack paths, delegated execution abuse, and the risks introduced by over-permissioned automation.


Bfx25 Samanta Bio

About the speaker, Samanta Aranda

Managing Senior Consultant

Passionate about cybersecurity, Samanta is a Managing Senior Consultant at Bishop Fox. With a background in Electronics and Communications Engineering and a Master’s in Computer Science and Technology Management, she brings over a decade of experience helping global organizations strengthen their security posture. She holds 16 professional certifications and was honored by EC-Council as part of its Circle of Excellence in 2021.

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