AWS Route 53 Domain Transferred to Another Account

Identifies when a request has been made to transfer a Route 53 domain to another AWS account.

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 1[metadata]
 2creation_date = "2021/05/10"
 3integration = ["aws"]
 4maturity = "production"
 5updated_date = "2024/05/21"
 6
 7[rule]
 8author = ["Elastic", "Austin Songer"]
 9description = "Identifies when a request has been made to transfer a Route 53 domain to another AWS account."
10false_positives = [
11    """
12    A domain may be transferred to another AWS account by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the user
13    identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Domain transfers from 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 Route 53 Domain Transferred to Another Account"
24note = """## Setup
25
26The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
27references = ["https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_Operations_Amazon_Route_53.html"]
28risk_score = 21
29rule_id = "2045567e-b0af-444a-8c0b-0b6e2dae9e13"
30severity = "low"
31tags = [
32    "Domain: Cloud",
33    "Data Source: AWS",
34    "Data Source: Amazon Web Services",
35    "Data Source: AWS Route53",
36    "Use Case: Asset Visibility",
37    "Tactic: Persistence",
38]
39timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
40type = "query"
41
42query = '''
43event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:route53.amazonaws.com and event.action:TransferDomainToAnotherAwsAccount and event.outcome:success
44'''
45
46
47[[rule.threat]]
48framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
49[[rule.threat.technique]]
50id = "T1098"
51name = "Account Manipulation"
52reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/"
53
54
55[rule.threat.tactic]
56id = "TA0003"
57name = "Persistence"
58reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"
59[[rule.threat]]
60framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
61
62[rule.threat.tactic]
63id = "TA0006"
64name = "Credential Access"
65reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/"

Setup

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

References

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