IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
AWS Deletion of RDS Instance or Cluster
editAWS Deletion of RDS Instance or Cluster
editIdentifies the deletion of an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Aurora database cluster, global database cluster, or database instance.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-aws.cloudtrail-*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 10m
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/rds/delete-db-cluster.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteDBCluster.html
- https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/delete-global-cluster.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteGlobalCluster.html
- https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/rds/delete-db-instance.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteDBInstance.html
Tags:
- Domain: Cloud
- Data Source: AWS
- Data Source: Amazon Web Services
- Data Source: AWS RDS
- Use Case: Asset Visibility
- Tactic: Impact
Version: 206
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editSetup
editThe AWS Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:rds.amazonaws.com and event.action:(DeleteDBCluster or DeleteGlobalCluster or DeleteDBInstance) and event.outcome:success
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Impact
- ID: TA0040
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/
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Technique:
- Name: Data Destruction
- ID: T1485
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1485/