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# SES Production Access Requested

### 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                                           |
| ATT\&CK Tactic       | Resource Development (TA0042)                   |
| ATT\&CK Technique    | Compromise Accounts: Email Accounts (T1586.002) |
| Severity             | Informational                                   |

### Description

An identity requested to move the SES account from a restricted sandbox mode into production mode.

### Attacker's Goals

Use the existing account to send phishing or spread malware at scale.

### Investigative actions

* Check if the identity has performed any email-related operations in the past.
* Check if this account should be used for email sending.

### Variations

<details>

<summary>SES Production Access Requested by an unusual identity</summary>

**Synopsis**

| Field             | Value                                           |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic    | Resource Development (TA0042)                   |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Compromise Accounts: Email Accounts (T1586.002) |
| Severity          | Low                                             |

**Description**

An identity requested to move the SES account from a restricted sandbox mode into production mode. The identity was not seen performing any operations in SES in the last 30 days.

**Attacker's Goals**

Use the existing account to send phishing or spread malware at scale.

**Investigative actions**

* Check if the identity has performed any email-related operations in the past.
* Check if this account should be used for email sending.

</details>


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