AWS EC2 Network Access Control List Deletion
editAWS EC2 Network Access Control List Deletion
editIdentifies the deletion of an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) network access control list (ACL) or one of its ingress/egress entries.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-aws*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 10 minutes
Searches indices from: now-60m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
- https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/delete-network-acl.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteNetworkAcl.html
- https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/ec2/delete-network-acl-entry.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteNetworkAclEntry.html
Tags:
- Elastic
- Cloud
- AWS
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Network Security
Version: 5 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positives
editNetwork ACLs may be deleted by a network administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Network ACL deletions from unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If a known behavior is causing false positives, it can be excluded from the rule.
Investigation guide
editThe AWS Filebeat module must be enabled to use this rule.
Rule query
editevent.action:(DeleteNetworkAcl or DeleteNetworkAclEntry) and event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:ec2.amazonaws.com and event.outcome:success
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/
Rule version history
edit- Version 5 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.11.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.10.0 release)
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- Formatting only