AWS RDS Instance/Cluster Stoppage

calendar May 22, 2024 · Domain: Cloud Data Source: AWS Data Source: Amazon Web Services Data Source: AWS RDS Use Case: Asset Visibility Tactic: Impact  ·
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Identifies that an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) cluster or instance has been stopped.

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 1[metadata]
 2creation_date = "2020/05/20"
 3integration = ["aws"]
 4maturity = "production"
 5updated_date = "2024/05/21"
 6
 7[rule]
 8author = ["Elastic"]
 9description = "Identifies that an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) cluster or instance has been stopped."
10false_positives = [
11    """
12    Valid clusters or instances may be stopped by a system administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent,
13    and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Cluster or instance stoppages from unfamiliar users or
14    hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
15    """,
16]
17from = "now-60m"
18index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-aws.cloudtrail-*"]
19interval = "10m"
20language = "kuery"
21license = "Elastic License v2"
22name = "AWS RDS Instance/Cluster Stoppage"
23note = """## Setup
24
25The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
26references = [
27    "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/stop-db-cluster.html",
28    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_StopDBCluster.html",
29    "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/stop-db-instance.html",
30    "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_StopDBInstance.html",
31]
32risk_score = 47
33rule_id = "ecf2b32c-e221-4bd4-aa3b-c7d59b3bc01d"
34severity = "medium"
35tags = [
36    "Domain: Cloud",
37    "Data Source: AWS",
38    "Data Source: Amazon Web Services",
39    "Data Source: AWS RDS",
40    "Use Case: Asset Visibility",
41    "Tactic: Impact",
42]
43timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
44type = "query"
45
46query = '''
47event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:rds.amazonaws.com and event.action:(StopDBCluster or StopDBInstance) and event.outcome:success
48'''
49
50
51[[rule.threat]]
52framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
53[[rule.threat.technique]]
54id = "T1489"
55name = "Service Stop"
56reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1489/"
57
58
59[rule.threat.tactic]
60id = "TA0040"
61name = "Impact"
62reference = "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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