AWS Route 53 Domain Transfer Lock Disabled

Elastic Stack Serverless Security

Identifies when a transfer lock was removed from a Route 53 domain. It is recommended to refrain from performing this action unless intending to transfer the domain to a different registrar.

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://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_Operations_Amazon_Route_53.html
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_domains_DisableDomainTransferLock.html

Tags:

• Elastic
• Cloud
• AWS
• Continuous Monitoring
• SecOps
• Asset Visibility

Version: 3

Rule authors:

• Elastic
• Austin Songer

Rule license: Elastic License v2

event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:route53.amazonaws.com and event.action:DisableDomainTransferLock and event.outcome:success

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

• Tactic:

  • Name: Persistence
  • ID: TA0003
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/

• Technique:

  • Name: Account Manipulation
  • ID: T1098
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/

• Tactic:

  • Name: Credential Access
  • ID: TA0006
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/