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Rapid Enumeration of AWS S3 Buckets

An AWS principal rapidly enumerates S3 bucket posture using read-only APIs, indicative of reconnaissance, scanning, or post-compromise activity.

AWS S3 +1 aws s3 cloudtrail discovery enumeration reconnaissance
2r 4t
low advisory

AWS Discovery API Calls via CLI from a Single Resource

This rule detects when a single AWS identity executes more than five unique discovery-related API calls (Describe*, List*, Get*, or Generate*) within a 10-second window using the AWS CLI, potentially indicating reconnaissance activity following credential compromise or compromised EC2 instance access.

cloud aws cloudtrail discovery
2r 2t
medium advisory

Suspicious AWS EC2 Key Pair Import Activity

The import of SSH key pairs into AWS EC2, as detected by CloudTrail logs, may indicate unauthorized access attempts, persistence establishment, or privilege escalation by an attacker.

Elastic Compute Cloud aws cloudtrail ec2 keypair initial-access persistence privilege-escalation
2r 1t
medium advisory

AWS SAML Provider Deletion Activity

An adversary may delete an AWS SAML provider to disrupt administrative access, hindering incident response and potentially escalating privileges within the AWS environment.

aws cloudtrail saml iam deletion impact
2r 2t
high advisory

AWS Identity API Access from Rare ASN Organizations

This rule detects AWS identities with API traffic dominated by cloud-provider source AS organization labels, but also exhibit traffic from other AS organizations, potentially indicating credential reuse or pivoting.

aws cloudtrail initial-access credential-access
2r 1t
high advisory

S3Browser IAM Policy Creation with Default Bucket Name

An AWS IAM policy is created by the S3Browser utility with the default S3 bucket name placeholder, potentially indicating unauthorized access or misconfiguration.

AWS IAM +1 aws iam s3browser s3 policy cloudtrail
2r 3t
medium advisory

Successful AWS Console Login Without MFA

Successful AWS console logins without multi-factor authentication can indicate compromised credentials, misconfigured security settings, or unauthorized access attempts.

AWS Management Console aws cloudtrail mfa initial-access
2r 1t
medium advisory

Suspicious AWS SAML Activity Detection

This rule identifies suspicious SAML activity in AWS, such as AssumeRoleWithSAML and UpdateSAMLProvider events, which could indicate an attacker gaining backdoor access, escalating privileges, or establishing persistence.

AWS IAM +1 aws saml cloudtrail initial-access lateral-movement persistence privilege-escalation stealth
2r 3t
high advisory

AWS GuardDuty Detector Deletion or Disablement

Attackers may delete or disable AWS GuardDuty detectors to impair defenses and evade detection of malicious activities within the AWS environment.

GuardDuty defense-impairment aws cloudtrail
3r
high advisory

AWS AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity from Kubernetes SA and External ASN

Detects successful AWS `AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity` calls where the caller identity is a Kubernetes service account and the source autonomous system organization is not `Amazon.com, Inc.`, which may indicate a stolen or misused projected service-account token being exchanged for IAM credentials off-cluster.

EKS +1 aws cloudtrail iam kubernetes initial-access web-identity
2r 1t