IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.

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AWS EC2 VM Export Failure

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AWS EC2 VM Export Failure

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Identifies an attempt to export an AWS EC2 instance. A virtual machine (VM) export may indicate an attempt to extract or exfiltrate information.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-aws*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 10m

Searches indices from: now-60m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmexport.html#export-instance

Tags:

Elastic
Cloud
AWS
Continuous Monitoring
SecOps
Asset Visibility

Version: 5

Rule authors:

Elastic
Austin Songer

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Setup

The AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

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event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:ec2.amazonaws.com and event.action:CreateInstanceExportTask and event.outcome:failure

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Exfiltration
- ID: TA0010
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0010/
Technique:
- Name: Transfer Data to Cloud Account
- ID: T1537
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1537/
Tactic:
- Name: Collection
- ID: TA0009
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/
Technique:
- Name: Data from Local System
- ID: T1005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1005/

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