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GCP Logging Bucket Deletion

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GCP Logging Bucket Deletion

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Identifies a Logging bucket deletion in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Log buckets are containers that store and organize log data. A deleted bucket stays in a pending state for 7 days, and Logging continues to route logs to the bucket during that time. To stop routing logs to a deleted bucket, you can delete the log sinks that have the bucket as their destination, or modify the filter for the sinks to stop it from routing logs to the deleted bucket. An adversary may delete a log bucket to evade detection.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-gcp*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Elastic
Cloud
GCP
Continuous Monitoring
SecOps
Log Auditing

Version: 9 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Potential false positives

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Logging bucket deletions may be done by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the user email, resource name, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Logging bucket deletions by unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.

Investigation guide

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Rule query

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event.dataset:gcp.audit and
event.action:google.logging.v*.ConfigServiceV*.DeleteBucket and
event.outcome:success

Threat mapping

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Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/

Rule version history

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Version 9 (8.4.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

event.dataset:(googlecloud.audit or gcp.audit) and
event.action:google.logging.v*.ConfigServiceV*.DeleteBucket and
event.outcome:success

Version 7 (8.2.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 6 (8.1.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 5 (7.13.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 4 (7.12.0 release)

Formatting only

Version 3 (7.11.2 release)

Formatting only

Version 2 (7.11.0 release)

Updated query, changed from:

event.dataset:googlecloud.audit and
event.action:google.logging.v*.ConfigServiceV*.DeleteBucket and
event.outcome:success

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