EC2 instance Amazon machine image was created

Cortex XSIAM Analytics Alert Reference by Alert name

Product
Cortex XSIAM
Last date published
2026-01-27
Category
Analytics Alert Reference
Index by
Alert name

Synopsis

Activation Period

14 Days

Training Period

30 Days

Test Period

N/A (single event)

Deduplication Period

1 Day

Required Data

  • Requires:
    • AWS Audit Log

Detection Modules

Cloud

Detector Tags

ATT&CK Tactic

Exfiltration (TA0010)

ATT&CK Technique

Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537)

Severity

Informational

Description

Amazon machine image was created from elastic compute cloud instance.

Attacker's Goals

Creating Amazon machine images might be part of elastic compute cloud instance exfiltration chain.

Investigative actions

  • Check if {identity_name} to create Amazon machine image.
  • Check if the {cloud_aws_instance_id} instance did not contain any sensitive data.