AWSCloudTrail - Unauthorized EC2 Instance Setup Attempt

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Detects an unauthorized attempt to launch an EC2 instance by a user without the necessary permissions. This may indicate an attempt to provision malicious infrastructure within the AWS subscription. Reference: https://stratus-red-team.cloud/attack-techniques/AWS/aws.execution.ec2-launch-unusual-instances/

Attribute Value
Type Analytic Rule
Solution Amazon Web Services
ID f7210a45-12a4-4d02-b59e-f23476827a4b
Severity Medium
Status Available
Kind Scheduled
Tactics ResourceDevelopment
Techniques T1583
Required Connectors AWS
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Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
AWSCloudTrail ErrorCode == "Client.UnauthorizedOperation"
EventName == "RunInstances"

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