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AWSHound: An OpenSource AWS OpenGraph Collector
AWSHound is a self-hosted open-source collector that maps AWS environments into BloodHound OpenGraph datasets to visualize attack paths. Unlike existing mapping tools, AWSHound performs strict offline IAM evaluations by intersecting identity policies with permissions boundaries and SCPs to ensure relationships are only drawn where effective permissions resolve to an explicit allow. Operating securely through standard AWS SDK credential chains, the tool demonstrated massive scalability during internal testing by mapping a 500-account organization into 10.5 million edges in approximately 15 minutes.
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