Analytics BIOC Informational

An AWS EC2 instance containing sensitive data was exported

A EC2 instance was exported to an S3 bucket. The instance was found to contain sensitive data.

Module:
Cortex Cloud
Licensed by:
Cloud Runtime Security (CRS)
Data source:
AWS Audit Log
ATT&CK tactics: Exfiltration (TA0010)
ATT&CK techniques: Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537)
Detector tags: Cloud Data Asset Stealth Tactics Data Detection & Response
Attacker's goals:

An attack may exfiltrate data from an EC2 instance to an S3 bucket outside the account.

Investigative actions:

Check the identity that exported the instance. Check to which S3 bucket the EC2 was exported into. Check the S3 bucket permission and policy.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
3 Days