An AWS EC2 instance was exported from a production account

Cortex XDR Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product
Cortex XDR
Last date published
2026-05-18
Category
Analytics Alert Reference
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Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

3 Days

Required Data

  • Requires:
    • AWS Audit Log

Detection Modules

Cloud

Detector Tags

Cloud Data Asset Stealth Tactics, Data Detection & Response

ATT&CK Tactic

Exfiltration (TA0010)

ATT&CK Technique

Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537)

Severity

Informational

Description

An EC2 instance was exported from a production account to an S3 bucket.

Attacker's Goals

An attack may exfiltrate data from an EC2 instance to an S3 bucket outside the account.

Investigative actions

  • Check the identity that exported the instance.
  • Check to which S3 bucket the EC2 was exported into.
  • Check the S3 bucket permission and policy.