Cloudtrail disable trail¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Nick Jones | 2023-07-01 |
An attacker may attempt to disable a cloudtrail instance in order to avoid detection
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- cloudtrail:StopLogging
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| trailname | str | Name of the cloudtrail to be targeted | example-cloudtrail |
Attacker Action¶
aws cloudtrail stop-logging --name example-cloudtrail
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:StopLogging AND eventSource:*.cloudtrail.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Cloudtrail disable trail
id: bf856088-70f3-498b-af19-f061c0bd7740
status: experimental
author: Nick Jones
date: 2023-07-01
description: An attacker may attempt to disable a cloudtrail instance in order to avoid detection
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "*.cloudtrail.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "StopLogging"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1562