AWS ElastiCache Security Group Created
Identifies when an ElastiCache security group has been created.
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1[metadata]
2creation_date = "2021/07/19"
3integration = ["aws"]
4maturity = "production"
5updated_date = "2024/05/21"
6
7[rule]
8author = ["Austin Songer"]
9description = "Identifies when an ElastiCache security group has been created."
10false_positives = [
11 """
12 A ElastiCache security group may be created by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the user identity,
13 user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Security group creations by unfamiliar
14 users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the
15 rule.
16 """,
17]
18from = "now-60m"
19index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-aws.cloudtrail-*"]
20interval = "10m"
21language = "kuery"
22license = "Elastic License v2"
23name = "AWS ElastiCache Security Group Created"
24note = """## Setup
25
26The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
27references = [
28 "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonElastiCache/latest/APIReference/API_CreateCacheSecurityGroup.html",
29]
30risk_score = 21
31rule_id = "7b3da11a-60a2-412e-8aa7-011e1eb9ed47"
32severity = "low"
33tags = ["Domain: Cloud", "Data Source: AWS", "Data Source: Amazon Web Services", "Tactic: Defense Evasion"]
34timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
35type = "query"
36
37query = '''
38event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:elasticache.amazonaws.com and event.action:"Create Cache Security Group" and
39event.outcome:success
40'''
41
42
43[[rule.threat]]
44framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
45[[rule.threat.technique]]
46id = "T1562"
47name = "Impair Defenses"
48reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/"
49[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
50id = "T1562.007"
51name = "Disable or Modify Cloud Firewall"
52reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/007/"
53
54
55
56[rule.threat.tactic]
57id = "TA0005"
58name = "Defense Evasion"
59reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/"
Setup
The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
References
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