Elastic Security Detection Rules

AWS CloudTrail Log Updated

Last updated a year ago on 2024-05-21
Created 5 years ago on 2020-06-10

About

Identifies an update to an AWS log trail setting that specifies the delivery of log files.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: AWSData Source: Amazon Web ServicesData Source: AWS CloudtrailUse Case: Log AuditingTactic: ImpactLanguage: kuery
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

Impact (TA0040)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Data Manipulation (T1565)(opens in a new tab or window)

Collection (TA0009)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Data from Cloud Storage (T1530)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Trail updates may be made by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Trail updates from unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-aws.cloudtrail-*
Related Integrations

aws(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:cloudtrail.amazonaws.com and event.action:UpdateTrail and event.outcome:success

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect AWS CloudTrail Log Updated in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).