AWS RDS Cluster Creationedit
Identifies the creation of a new Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Aurora DB cluster or global database spread across multiple regions.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-aws*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 10m
Searches indices from: now-60m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
- https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/create-db-cluster.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDBCluster.html
- https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/create-global-cluster.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_CreateGlobalCluster.html
Tags:
- Domain: Cloud
- Data Source: AWS
- Data Source: Amazon Web Services
- Use Case: Asset Visibility
- Tactic: Persistence
Version: 205
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guideedit
Setupedit
The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
Rule queryedit
event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:rds.amazonaws.com and event.action:(CreateDBCluster or CreateGlobalCluster) and event.outcome:success
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: External Remote Services
- ID: T1133
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1133/
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/