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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*
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:
- Elastic
- Cloud
- AWS
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Asset Visibility
Version: 7
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
edit## Config The 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/