An RDS snapshot was exported from a production account

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	AWS Audit Log
Detection Modules	Cloud
Detector Tags	Data Detection & Response, Cloud Data Asset Exfiltration
ATT&CK Tactic	Exfiltration (TA0010)
ATT&CK Technique	Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537)
Severity	Informational

Description

An RDS snapshot was exported from a production account to an S3 bucket.

Attacker's Goals

Exfiltrate data to an unknown bucket.

Investigative actions

• Check the legitimacy of the destination bucket.
• Review further logs for the source RDS instance.
• Review further actions performed by the identity.