Synopsis
Activation Period |
14 Days |
Training Period |
30 Days |
Test Period |
N/A (single event) |
Deduplication Period |
5 Days |
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 |
Medium |
Description
An AWS EC2 STS token was used externally from an EC2 instance.
Attacker's Goals
Exfiltrate token and abuse it remotely.
Investigative actions
- Check if the access key was generated by the attached instance.
- Check what actions were executed by the access-key.
- Check if the relevant instance is compromised.
Variations
Suspicious usage of EC2 tokenSuspicious usage of EC2 token