GCP compute.instances.setMetadata
Replaces instance-level metadata on a Compute Engine VM.
T1098.004: SSH Authorized Keys
T1098.004: SSH Authorized Keys
Adversaries may modify the SSH <code>authorized_keys</code> file to maintain persistence on a victim host. Linux distributions, macOS, and ESXi hypervisors commonly use key-based authentication to secure the authentication process of SSH sessions for remote management. The <code>authorized_keys</...
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Replaces project-wide Compute Engine metadata.
AWS CreateKeyPair
Creates an EC2 key pair and returns its private key to the API caller.
AWS ImportKeyPair
Registers an existing public key as an EC2 key pair.
GCP users.importSshPublicKey
Imports an SSH public key into an OS Login profile.
GCP users.sshPublicKeys.patch
Updates an existing OS Login SSH public-key record; the method is not audit-logged.