AWS Security Group Configuration Change Detection
editAWS Security Group Configuration Change Detection
editIdentifies a change to an AWS Security Group Configuration. A security group is like a virtual firewall, and modifying configurations may allow unauthorized access. Threat actors may abuse this to establish persistence, exfiltrate data, or pivot in an AWS environment.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-aws.cloudtrail-*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 10m
Searches indices from: now-30m (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 EC2
- Use Case: Network Security Monitoring
- Tactic: Persistence
Version: 206
Rule authors:
- Elastic
- Austin Songer
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editSetup
editThe AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:ec2.amazonaws.com and event.action:(AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress or CreateSecurityGroup or ModifyInstanceAttribute or ModifySecurityGroupRules or RevokeSecurityGroupEgress or RevokeSecurityGroupIngress) and event.outcome:success
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/
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Sub-technique:
- Name: Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall
- ID: T1562.007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/007/