AWS CloudTrail Log Creatededit
Identifies the creation of an AWS log trail that specifies the settings for delivery of log data.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-aws*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 10 minutes
Searches indices from: now-60m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Cloud
- AWS
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Log Auditing
Version: 8 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positivesedit
Trail creations may be made by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Trail creations by unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
Investigation guideedit
Rule queryedit
event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:cloudtrail.amazonaws.com and event.action:CreateTrail and event.outcome:success
Threat mappingedit
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Collection
- ID: TA0009
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/
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Technique:
- Name: Data from Cloud Storage Object
- ID: T1530
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1530/
Rule version historyedit
- Version 8 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (8.1.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.13.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.action:CreateTrail and event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:cloudtrail.amazonaws.com and event.outcome:success
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- Version 4 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only