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AWS High Number Of Unknown User Authentication Attempts

Severity
low
Type
Alert
Time window
10m
Match by
ip
Author
Google Cloud Security
Source
github.com/chronicle/detection-rules

Detects when a high number of failed authentication attempts happen for unknown users.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Credential Access

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

// Copyright 2023 Google LLC. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

rule aws_high_number_of_unknown_user_authentication_attempts {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Detects when a high number of failed authentication attempts happen for unknown users."
    rule_id = "mr_3ddfee11-c959-4283-8fb4-1f57bdaaf2b1"
    rule_name = "AWS High Number Of Unknown User Authentication Attempts"
    mitre_attack_tactic = "Credential Access"
    mitre_attack_technique = "Brute Force: Credential Stuffing"
    mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/004/"
    mitre_attack_version = "v13.1"
    type = "Alert"
    data_source = "AWS CloudTrail"
    platform = "AWS"
    severity = "Low"
    priority = "Low"

  events:
    $fail.metadata.vendor_name = "AMAZON"
    $fail.metadata.product_name = "AWS CloudTrail"
    $fail.metadata.event_type = "USER_LOGIN"
    $fail.metadata.product_event_type = "ConsoleLogin"
    $fail.security_result.action = "BLOCK"
    $fail.security_result.description = "Reason: No username found in supplied account"
    $fail.principal.ip = $ip

  match:
    $ip over 10m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(35)
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Credential Access"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "Brute Force: Credential Stuffing"
    $mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1110.004"
    $event_count = count_distinct($fail.metadata.id)
    $network_http_user_agent = array_distinct($fail.network.http.user_agent)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($fail.principal.ip)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($fail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($fail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $target_user_display_name = array_distinct($fail.target.user.user_display_name)
    $recipient_aws_account_id = array_distinct($fail.additional.fields["recipientAccountId"])
    $target_resource_name = array_distinct($fail.target.resource.name)
    $target_resource_product_object_id = array_distinct($fail.target.resource.product_object_id)
    $security_result_description = array_distinct($fail.security_result.description)

  condition:
    #fail >= 10
}

YARA-L rule structure

Condition

Fires when $fail occurs at least 10 times in the 10m window.

Events

$fail USER_LOGIN

  • metadata.product_event_type = "ConsoleLogin"
  • security_result.action = "BLOCK"
  • security_result.description = "Reason: No username found in supplied account"

Match and correlation

Match key
$ip (principal.ip)
Within
10m

Outcome

Outcome variables add context to a detection. When the rule generates an alert, $risk_score is displayed with it.

FieldExpression
risk_scoremax(35)
event_countcount_distinct($fail.metadata.id)
network_http_user_agentarray_distinct($fail.network.http.user_agent)
principal_iparray_distinct($fail.principal.ip)
principal_ip_countryarray_distinct($fail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
principal_ip_statearray_distinct($fail.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
target_user_display_namearray_distinct($fail.target.user.user_display_name)
recipient_aws_account_idarray_distinct($fail.additional.fields["recipientAccountId"])
target_resource_namearray_distinct($fail.target.resource.name)
target_resource_product_object_idarray_distinct($fail.target.resource.product_object_id)
security_result_descriptionarray_distinct($fail.security_result.description)