AWS IAM Password Recovery Requested

Elastic Stack Serverless Security

Identifies AWS IAM password recovery requests. An adversary may attempt to gain unauthorized AWS access by abusing password recovery mechanisms.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

• filebeat-*
• logs-aws*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 10m

Searches indices from: now-60m (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math[Date Math format], see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

• https://www.cadosecurity.com/an-ongoing-aws-phishing-campaign/

Tags:

• Elastic
• Cloud
• AWS
• Continuous Monitoring
• SecOps
• Identity and Access

Version: 8

Rule authors:

• Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:signin.amazonaws.com and event.action:PasswordRecoveryRequested and event.outcome:success

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

• Tactic:

  • Name: Initial Access
  • ID: TA0001
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/

• Technique:

  • Name: Valid Accounts
  • ID: T1078
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/