Elastic Security Detection Rules

GCP Virtual Private Cloud Route Creation

Last updated 5 months ago on 2025-01-15
Created 5 years ago on 2020-09-22

About

Identifies when a virtual private cloud (VPC) route is created in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Google Cloud routes define the paths that network traffic takes from a virtual machine (VM) instance to other destinations. These destinations can be inside a Google VPC network or outside it. An adversary may create a route in order to impact the flow of network traffic in their target's cloud environment.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: GCPData Source: Google Cloud PlatformUse Case: Configuration AuditTactic: Defense EvasionLanguage: kuery
Severity
low
Risk Score
21
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Impair Defenses (T1562)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Virtual Private Cloud routes may be created by system administrators. Verify that the configuration change was expected. Exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.
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-gcp*
Related Integrations

gcp(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:gcp.audit and event.action:(v*.compute.routes.insert or "beta.compute.routes.insert")

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect GCP Virtual Private Cloud Route Creation 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).