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IAM Login Profile Deleted
Detects when an IAM login profile is deleted, which may indicate an attacker removing access to a compromised account or an administrator performing account cleanup.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Impact | T1531 Account Access Removal |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event |
|---|---|
| AWS-iam | DeleteLoginProfile |
Rules detecting the same action
Other rules on this platform that filter on the same API call or operation.
Rule body yaml
title: IAM Login Profile Deleted
id: 3a6ed7dc-4f99-4574-8cfa-d65124dc89f0
status: test
description: Detects when an IAM login profile is deleted, which may indicate an attacker removing access to a compromised account or an administrator performing account cleanup.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1531/
author: Zach Mathis (@yamatosecurity)
date: 2025-08-02
modified: 2025-08-02
tags:
- attack.impact
- attack.t1531 # Account Access Removal
logsource:
product: aws
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection:
eventSource: 'iam.amazonaws.com'
eventName: 'DeleteLoginProfile'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate deletion of a login profile by an administrator.
level: low
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
eventSource: 'iam.amazonaws.com'
eventName: 'DeleteLoginProfile'
Indicators
Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.
| Field | Kind | Values |
|---|---|---|
eventName | eq |
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eventSource | eq |
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