Delete IAM Policy¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Nick Jones | 2023-07-01 |
An adversary may attempt to delete an IAM policy within an account, to alter legitimate access or block administrative activity.
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- iam:DeletePolicy
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| policy | str | ARN of the IAM policy to delete | EXAMPLEARNHERE |
Attacker Action¶
aws iam delete-policy --policy-arn EXAMPLEARNHERE
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:DeletePolicy AND eventSource:*.iam.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Delete IAM Policy
id: d24b1d06-5da8-47a6-b3e2-be701113cf6e
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An adversary may attempt to delete an IAM policy within an account, to alter legitimate access or block administrative activity.
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "*.iam.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "DeletePolicy"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1531