EC2 Network Sniffing via VPC Traffic Mirror Session

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects creation of VPC traffic mirror sessions that could be used for network data exfiltration.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "AWS EC2 Full Network Packet Capture Detected" AND (REQUESTPARAMETERS contains "networkInterfaceId") 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