Synopsis
Activation Period |
14 Days |
Training Period |
30 Days |
Test Period |
N/A (single event) |
Deduplication Period |
1 Day |
Required Data |
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Detection Modules |
Cloud |
Detector Tags |
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ATT&CK Tactic |
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ATT&CK Technique |
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Severity |
Informational |
Description
AWS EC2 discovery operation.
Attacker's Goals
- Gather information about instances to identify targets and understand the environment.
- Plan lateral movement or privilege escalation.
Investigative actions
- Verify if the identity is authorized to perform EC2 queries and whether this activity aligns with its normal behavior.
- Check if there were related API calls before or after this event.
- Determine if the activity is part of a scheduled task or an unexpected manual request.
- Investigate whether this was followed by any actions that could indicate lateral movement.