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Hacking AWS: Data Secrets (Part 2) - Hack Smarter Labs

Hacking AWS: Data Secrets (Part 2) - Hack Smarter Labs

Source: YouTube · Tyler Ramsbey - Hack Smarter · published Mar 30, 2026 · 19:46

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[BLUF] This video is part two of a walkthrough for the "Data Secrets" AWS Challenge Lab on Hack Smarter, focusing on exploiting an EC2 instance to find sensitive data. 0:35

Key Takeaways:
• The presenter emphasizes that this lab is completely free and encourages viewers to hack alongside him rather than just watch. 0:16
• Viewers are advised to watch Part One first to avoid confusion, as this video picks up after the initial enumeration phase. 0:28
• The session begins by reviewing the work from Part One, where an in-scope EC2 instance was identified and accessed. 0:40

This tutorial provides a practical, hands-on approach to understanding AWS security vulnerabilities.

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  • 0:00 Introduction to Part Two of the Data Secrets lab.
  • 0:16 Highlighting that the lab is free with no subscription required.
  • 0:35 Context for the current video's position in the series.
  • 0:40 Recap of enumeration and EC2 instance identification from Part One.

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What is up, everyone? Welcome back to another video. This is part two of working through the Data Secrets AWS Challenge Lab on the Hack Smarter platform. You'll learn a lot by watching me, but you'll learn even more by hacking alongside of me. And here's one of the best things about this lab. It is completely free. No subscription required. So, go to hacksmart.org, launch the lab, and hack alongside of me. Now, I do want to emphasize to you that this is part two. So, if you dive in right here, you might feel a little bit lost. So, I'd recommend going and watching part one and then diving into part two. But, let's go ahead and pick up where we left off. At the end of part one, we spent a lot of time doing enumeration. We identified an EC2 instance that was in scope for us that we had access…