google_cloud_service_account_key_created_or_uploaded


Description

Detects when a service account key is created in or uploaded to a monitored Google Cloud project.

Query · yara_l

events:
    $gc.metadata.log_type = "GCP_CLOUDAUDIT"
    $gc.metadata.product_name = "Google Cloud IAM"
    (
        $gc.metadata.product_event_type = "google.iam.admin.v1.CreateServiceAccountKey" or
        $gc.metadata.product_event_type = "google.iam.admin.v1.UploadServiceAccountKey"
    )
    $gc.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
    $gc.security_result.detection_fields["key_id"] = $sa_key_id

  match:
    $sa_key_id over 30m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(65)
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Persistence"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Credentials"
    $mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1098.001"
    $event_count = count_distinct($gc.metadata.id)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip)
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($gc.principal.user.userid)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $principal_ip_city = array_distinct($gc.principal.location.city)
    $security_result_summary = array_distinct($gc.security_result.summary)
    $sa_key_expiry_date = array_distinct(timestamp.get_date(cast.as_int($gc.about.labels["res_valid_before_time"])))

  condition:
    $gc
Raw source google_cloud_service_account_key_created_or_uploaded · YARA-L
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Published by chronicle/detection-rules ↗, licensed under Apache 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule google_cloud_service_account_key_created_or_uploaded {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Detects when a service account key is created in or uploaded to a monitored Google Cloud project."
    rule_id = "mr_751d64b3-2aef-4c5b-bf39-abc6577f6ce8"
    rule_name = "Google Cloud Service Account Key Created or Uploaded"
    assumption = "Google SecOps is ingesting Google Cloud logs. Reference: https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/ingestion/cloud/ingest-gcp-logs"
    type = "alert"
    severity = "Medium"
    priority = "Medium"
    platform = "Google Cloud"
    data_source = "GCP Cloud Audit"
    mitre_attack_tactic = "Persistence"
    mitre_attack_technique = "Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Credentials"
    mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/001/"
    mitre_attack_version = "v15"
    reference = "https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/best-practices-for-managing-service-account-keys"

  events:
    $gc.metadata.log_type = "GCP_CLOUDAUDIT"
    $gc.metadata.product_name = "Google Cloud IAM"
    (
        $gc.metadata.product_event_type = "google.iam.admin.v1.CreateServiceAccountKey" or
        $gc.metadata.product_event_type = "google.iam.admin.v1.UploadServiceAccountKey"
    )
    $gc.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
    $gc.security_result.detection_fields["key_id"] = $sa_key_id

  match:
    $sa_key_id over 30m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(65)
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Persistence"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Credentials"
    $mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1098.001"
    $event_count = count_distinct($gc.metadata.id)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip)
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($gc.principal.user.userid)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $principal_ip_city = array_distinct($gc.principal.location.city)
    $security_result_summary = array_distinct($gc.security_result.summary)
    $sa_key_expiry_date = array_distinct(timestamp.get_date(cast.as_int($gc.about.labels["res_valid_before_time"])))

  condition:
    $gc
}

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