Cloud infrastructure enumeration activity

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	10 Minutes
Deduplication Period	5 Days
Required Data	Requires one of the following data sources: AWS Audit Log OR Gcp Audit Log
Detection Modules	Cloud
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Cloud Infrastructure Discovery (T1580), Cloud Service Discovery (T1526)
Severity	Informational

Description

A cloud identity attempted to discover available resources within the cloud environment. This may indicate an adversary attempting to map the organization's cloud environment and discover cloud resources that may assist to perform additional attacks within the environment.

Attacker's Goals

Map the cloud environment and detect potential resources to abuse.

Investigative actions

• Check the identity's role designation in the organization.
• Identify which available resources were discovered.
• Investigate if the discovered resources were used to extract sensitive information or perform other attacks in the cloud environment.

Variations

Suspicious cloud infrastructure enumeration activity

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Cloud Infrastructure Discovery (T1580), Cloud Service Discovery (T1526)
Severity	Low

Description

A cloud identity attempted to discover available resources within the cloud environment. This may indicate an adversary attempting to map the organization's cloud environment and discover cloud resources that may assist to perform additional attacks within the environment.

Attacker's Goals

Map the cloud environment and detect potential resources to abuse.

Investigative actions

• Check the identity's role designation in the organization.
• Identify which available resources were discovered.
• Investigate if the discovered resources were used to extract sensitive information or perform other attacks in the cloud environment.