---
id: 7791
title: "Backdooring Azure Automation Account Packages and Runtime Environments"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/backdooring-azure-automation-account-packages-and-runtime-environments/"
published_at: "2024-09-24T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "powershell", "backdoor", "azure", "persistence", "automation-account"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7791"
lang: en
---

# Backdooring Azure Automation Account Packages and Runtime Environments

## Summary

Custom PowerShell modules and Python packages in Azure Automation Accounts can be backdoored for persistence. NetSPI demonstrates the attack and ships a tool to audit custom modules.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2024-09-24T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/cloud-pentesting/backdooring-azure-automation-account-packages-and-runtime-environments/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7791