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  • AWS EBS enumeration activity Informational Cloud

    EBS volume and snapshot enumeration activity, potentially indicating block storage reconnaissance.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    1 Hour
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Discovery (TA0007)
    ATT&CK techniques: Cloud Infrastructure Discovery (T1580) Cloud Service Discovery (T1526)
    Required data: AWS Audit Log
    Attacker's goals: Identify existing EBS volumes and snapshots to understand what storage resources are available and in use. Assess if snapshots are shared with other accounts or publicly accessible. Identify potential data exfiltration paths or targets.
    Investigative actions: Review which EBS API calls were executed and their frequency. Analyze the identity performing the actions. Inspect sharing or access configurations of enumerated snapshots.