Analytics Informational

IAM Enumeration sequence

An identity has executed a sequence of events which may be related to an IAM recon enumeration.

Module:
Cortex Cloud
Licensed by:
Cloud Runtime Security (CRS)
Data source:
AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log
ATT&CK tactics: Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK techniques: Account Discovery (T1087) Permission Groups Discovery (T1069) Cloud Service Discovery (T1526)
Attacker's goals:

Gather information about the cloud environment, including IAM users, groups, roles, and policies.

Investigative actions:

Verify whether the API calls were made by the identity and check for any additional related calls.

Test period:
10 Minutes
Deduplication:
7 Days
1 variation:
  • IAM Enumeration sequence executed from a cloud Internet facing instance Low (parent: Informational)