SigmaHQ/rules/cloud/aws_iam_backdoor_users_keys.yml
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title: AWS IAM Backdoor Users Keys
id: 0a5177f4-6ca9-44c2-aacf-d3f3d8b6e4d2
status: experimental
author: faloker
date: 2020/02/12
description: Detects AWS API key creation for a user by another user. Backdoored users can be used to obtain persistence in the AWS environment. Also with this alert, you can detect a flow of AWS keys in your org.
references:
- https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu/blob/master/modules/iam__backdoor_users_keys/main.py#L6
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: iam.amazonaws.com
selection_eventname:
- eventName: CreateAccessKey
filter:
userIdentity.arn|contains: responseElements.accessKey.userName
condition: all of selection* and not filter
fields:
- userIdentity.arn
- responseElements.accessKey.userName
- errorCode
- errorMessage
level: medium
falsepositives:
- Adding user keys to their own accounts (the filter cannot cover all possible variants of user naming)
- AWS API keys legitimate exchange workflows
tags:
- attack.t1098