AWS RDS DB Instance or Cluster Restored

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

An adversary with a set of compromised credentials may attempt to make copies of running or deleted RDS databases in order to evade defense mechanisms or access data. This rule identifies successful attempts to restore a DB instance using the RDSRestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshotorRestoreDBInstanceFromS3API operations.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "DETECTION_ACTION_AWS_RDS_DB_INSTANCE_OR_CLUSTER_RESTORED" select Action1.CALLER,Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.IPADDRESS,Action1.LOG_EVENT_NAME,Action1.SOURCE,Action1.SOURCE_REGION,Action1.REQUESTPARAMETERS

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

AWS