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  • AWS S3 bucket was exposed to public access Low Cloud 2 variations

    AWS S3 bucket was publicly shared.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
    ATT&CK techniques: Impair Defenses (T1562)
    Required data: AWS Audit Log
    Detector tags: Cloud Data Asset Exfiltration, Cloud Data Asset Public Exposure, Data Detection & Response
    Attacker's goals: The attacker wants to maintain indirect control over the resource. The attacker intends to allow public access, making it harder to detect future activity. Attackers are constantly monitoring for public assets to steal sensitive information.
    Investigative actions: Check if the identity intended to change the state of the bucket or object to public. Review the bucket ACL policy. Restrict permissions for the identity if needed.

    Variations

    AWS S3 bucket was exposed to public access by admin cloud identity

    Informational overridden

    AWS S3 bucket was publicly shared. overridden

    AWS S3 bucket was exposed to public access containing sensitive information

    High overridden

    AWS S3 bucket was publicly shared. overridden