Analytics Alerts

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Severity
Detection module
Data source
  • Suspicious usage of EC2 token Low Cloud 1 variation

    An AWS EC2 STS token was used externally from an EC2 instance.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    5 Days
    ATT&CK tactics: Credential Access (TA0006) Initial Access (TA0001)
    ATT&CK techniques: Steal Application Access Token (T1528) Unsecured Credentials (T1552) Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004)
    Required data: AWS Audit Log
    Attacker's goals: Exfiltrate token and abuse it remotely.
    Investigative actions: Check if the access key was generated by the attached instance. Check what actions were executed by the access key. Check if the relevant instance is compromised.

    Variations

    Suspicious usage of EC2 token

    Medium overridden

    An AWS EC2 STS token was used externally from an EC2 instance. overridden