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  • IAM User added to an IAM group Informational Cloud

    An IAM user was added to an IAM group.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Privilege Escalation (TA0004) Persistence (TA0003)
    ATT&CK techniques: Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles (T1098.003)
    Required data: AWS Audit Log
    Attacker's goals: Add a user to a group to establish persistence or escalate privileges within a cloud account.
    Investigative actions: Identify the identity that executed the API call. Determine which IAM user was added to the group. Evaluate the group's permissions to determine their applicability to the IAM user.