Analytics BIOC Informational

EBS volume attachment attempt

An attempt was made to attach an EBS volume to an EC2 instance.

Module:
Cortex Cloud
Licensed by:
Cloud Runtime Security (CRS)
Data source:
AWS Audit Log
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure (T1578)
Attacker's goals:

Attach a volume to a cloud instance to exfiltrate sensitive data stored on EBS volumes.

Investigative actions:

Review recent activity related to the identity, the attached volume and the cloud instance.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
5 Days
2 variations:
  • EBS volume attachment attempt for volume with sensitive data Low (parent: Informational)
  • EBS volume attachment attempt using Cloud Formation or Terraform Informational