Analytics BIOC Informational

AWS RDS cluster deletion

A previously provisioned DB cluster (RDS) was deleted. When a DB cluster is being deleted, all automated backups for that DB cluster are deleted and can't be recovered.

Module:
Cortex Cloud
Licensed by:
Cloud Runtime Security (CRS)
Data source:
AWS Audit Log
ATT&CK tactics: Impact (TA0040)
ATT&CK techniques: Data Destruction (T1485)
Detector tags: Cloud Data Asset Disaster Recovery Risks Data Detection & Response
Attacker's goals:

Destruction of data.

Investigative actions:

Check which cluster was deleted. Check if there are any manual backups for that cluster (as they are not affected by this action).

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day