Disable CloudWatch Alarms¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Anela Tiro | 2023-07-01 |
An adversary may attempt to disable CloudWatch alerts
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- cloudwatch:DisableAlarmActions
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| alarmname | str | name of alarm which will be disabled | alarm_name |
Attacker Action¶
aws cloudwatch disable-alarm-actions --alarm-namesalarm_name
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:DisableAlarmActions AND eventSource:*.events.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Disable CloudWatch Alarms
id: test123
status: experimental
author: Anela Tiro
date: 2023-07-01
description: An adversary may attempt to disable CloudWatch alerts
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "*.events.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "DisableAlarmActions"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1089