Elastic Security Detection Rules

WebServer Access Logs Deleted

Last updated 24 days ago on 2024-10-28
Created 4 years ago on 2020-11-03

About

Identifies the deletion of WebServer access logs. This may indicate an attempt to evade detection or destroy forensic evidence on a system.
Tags
Domain: EndpointOS: LinuxOS: WindowsOS: macOSUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionData Source: Elastic DefendData Source: Sysmon
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Indicator Removal (T1070)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
auditbeat-*winlogbeat-*logs-endpoint.events.*logs-windows.sysmon_operational-*
Related Integrations

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

windows(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
file where event.type == "deletion" and
  file.path : ("C:\\inetpub\\logs\\LogFiles\\*.log",
               "/var/log/apache*/access.log",
               "/etc/httpd/logs/access_log",
               "/var/log/httpd/access_log",
               "/var/www/*/logs/access.log")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect WebServer Access Logs Deleted 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).