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

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Tags:

  • Domain: Cloud
  • Data Source: AWS
  • Data Source: Amazon Web Services
  • Use Case: Asset Visibility
  • Tactic: Exfiltration
  • Tactic: Collection

Version: 105

Rule authors:

  • Elastic
  • Austin Songer

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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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&CKTM