Cross-source coverage
T1578.002 / ATT&CK
Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure: Create Cloud Instance
6 rules across 4 sources.
From MITRE ATT&CK 19.2
An adversary may create a new instance or virtual machine (VM) within the compute service of a cloud account to evade defenses. Creating a new instance may allow an adversary to bypass firewall rules and permissions that exist on instances currently residing within an account. An adversary may Create Snapshot of one or more volumes in an account, create a new instance, mount the snapshots, and then apply a less restrictive security policy to collect Data from Local System or for Remote Data Staging.
Creating a new instance may also allow an adversary to carry out malicious activity within an environment without affecting the execution of current running instances.
- Tactics
- Defense Impairment
- Platforms
- IaaS
- Telemetry
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AWS:CloudTrailazure:activity
How MITRE says to detect it DET0449
Detection Strategy for Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure: Create Cloud Instance
IaaS Analytic 1242
Detection focuses on abnormal or unauthorized cloud instance creation events. From a defender’s perspective, suspicious behavior includes VM/instance creation by rarely used or newly created accounts, creation events from unusual geolocations, or rapid sequences of snapshot creation followed by instance creation and mounting. Unexpected network or IAM policy changes applied to new instances can indicate adversarial use rather than legitimate provisioning.
AWS:CloudTrailRunInstancesAWS:CloudTrailDescribeInstancesazure:activityMICROSOFT.COMPUTE/VIRTUALMACHINES/WRITE
Bert-JanP/Hunting-Queries-Detection-Rules
2 rules| Detection | Severity | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Large Number of Virtual Machines started | Undefined | KQL |
| MITRE ATT&CK Mapping | Undefined | KQL |
elastic/detection-rules
2 rules| Detection | Severity | Format |
|---|---|---|
| AWS RDS DB Instance Restored | Medium | Elastic TOML |
| Azure VM Extension Deployment by User | Medium | Elastic TOML |
panther-labs/panther-analysis
1 rule| Detection | Severity | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes Pod Created in System Namespace | Medium | Panther Python |
splunk/security_content
1 rule| Detection | Severity | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Compute Instance Created With Previously Unseen Instance Type | Undefined | SPL |