AWS Deletion of RDS Instance or Cluster

calendar Oct 24, 2023 · Domain: Cloud Data Source: AWS Data Source: Amazon Web Services Use Case: Asset Visibility Tactic: Impact  ·
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Identifies the deletion of an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Aurora database cluster, global database cluster, or database instance.

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 1[metadata]
 2creation_date = "2020/05/21"
 3integration = ["aws"]
 4maturity = "production"
 5min_stack_comments = "AWS integration breaking changes, bumping version to ^2.0.0"
 6min_stack_version = "8.9.0"
 7updated_date = "2023/10/24"
 8
 9[rule]
10author = ["Elastic"]
11description = """
12Identifies the deletion of an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Aurora database cluster, global database cluster,
13or database instance.
14"""
15false_positives = [
16    """
17    Clusters or instances may be deleted by a system administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or
18    hostname should be making changes in your environment. Cluster or instance deletions by unfamiliar users or hosts
19    should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
20    """,
21]
22from = "now-60m"
23index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-aws*"]
24interval = "10m"
25language = "kuery"
26license = "Elastic License v2"
27name = "AWS Deletion of RDS Instance or Cluster"
28note = """## Setup
29
30The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
31references = [
32    "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-cluster.html",
33    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteDBCluster.html",
34    "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/delete-global-cluster.html",
35    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteGlobalCluster.html",
36    "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-instance.html",
37    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteDBInstance.html",
38]
39risk_score = 47
40rule_id = "9055ece6-2689-4224-a0e0-b04881e1f8ad"
41severity = "medium"
42tags = ["Domain: Cloud", "Data Source: AWS", "Data Source: Amazon Web Services", "Use Case: Asset Visibility", "Tactic: Impact"]
43timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
44type = "query"
45
46query = '''
47event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:rds.amazonaws.com and event.action:(DeleteDBCluster or DeleteGlobalCluster or DeleteDBInstance)
48and event.outcome:success
49'''
50
51
52[[rule.threat]]
53framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
54[[rule.threat.technique]]
55id = "T1485"
56name = "Data Destruction"
57reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1485/"
58
59
60[rule.threat.tactic]
61id = "TA0040"
62name = "Impact"
63reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/"

Setup

The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

References

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