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AWS IAM Group Creation

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AWS IAM Group Creation

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Identifies the creation of a group in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). Groups specify permissions for multiple users. Any user in a group automatically has the permissions that are assigned to the group.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-aws.cloudtrail-*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 10m

Searches indices from: now-60m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Domain: Cloud
Data Source: AWS
Data Source: Amazon Web Services
Data Source: AWS IAM
Use Case: Identity and Access Audit
Tactic: Persistence

Version: 206

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Setup

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The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

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event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:iam.amazonaws.com and event.action:CreateGroup and event.outcome:success

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
Technique:
- Name: Create Account
- ID: T1136
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/
Sub-technique:
- Name: Cloud Account
- ID: T1136.003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/003/

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