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AWS Configuration Recorder Stopped

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AWS Configuration Recorder Stopped

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Identifies an AWS configuration change to stop recording a designated set of resources.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • filebeat-*
  • logs-aws*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 10 minutes

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

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Cloud
  • AWS
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • SecOps
  • Monitoring

Version: 101 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Potential false positives

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Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Recording changes from unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.

Investigation guide

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Rule query
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event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:config.amazonaws.com
and event.action:StopConfigurationRecorder and event.outcome:success











Threat mapping
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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM














Rule version history
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Version 101 (8.6.0 release)








    

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Version 100 (8.5.0 release)








    

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Version 8 (8.4.0 release)








    

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Version 6 (7.13.0 release)








    

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