Destroy an EC2 instance¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Anela Tiro | 2023-07-01 |
An adversary may attempt to teardown/terminate an EC2 instance as part of an attempt to impact service availability.
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- ec2:TerminateInstances
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| instanceid | str | ID of an existing EC2 instance | EC2_ID |
Attacker Action¶
aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids EC2_ID
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:TerminateInstances AND eventSource:*.ec2.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Destroy an EC2 instance
id: testing
status: experimental
author: Anela Tiro
date: 2023-07-01
description: An adversary may attempt to teardown/terminate an EC2 instance as part of an attempt to impact service availability.
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "*.ec2.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "TerminateInstances"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1529