Detect AWS Console Login by User from New Region
Description
This search looks for AWS CloudTrail events wherein a console login event by a user was recorded within the last hour, then compares the event to a lookup file of previously seen users (by ARN values) who have logged into the console. The alert is fired if the user has logged into the console for the first time within the last hour
- Type: Hunting
- Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Datamodel: Authentication
- Last Updated: 2022-08-25
- Author: Bhavin Patel, Eric McGinnis Splunk
- ID: 9f31aa8e-e37c-46bc-bce1-8b3be646d026
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- Actions on Objectives
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- DE.DP
- DE.AE
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- CIS 16
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| tstats earliest(_time) as firstTime latest(_time) as lastTime from datamodel=Authentication where Authentication.signature=ConsoleLogin by Authentication.user Authentication.src
| iplocation Authentication.src
| `drop_dm_object_name(Authentication)`
| rename Region as justSeenRegion
| table firstTime lastTime user justSeenRegion
| join user type=outer [
| inputlookup previously_seen_users_console_logins
| rename Region as previouslySeenRegion
| stats min(firstTime) AS earliestseen by user previouslySeenRegion
| fields earliestseen user previouslySeenRegion]
| eval userRegion=if(firstTime >= relative_time(now(), "-24h@h"), "New Region","Previously Seen Region")
| where userRegion= "New Region"
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| table firstTime lastTime user previouslySeenRegion justSeenRegion userRegion
| `detect_aws_console_login_by_user_from_new_region_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
detect_aws_console_login_by_user_from_new_region_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Lookups
The SPL above uses the following Lookups:
Required fields
List of fields required to use this analytic.
- _time
- Authentication.signature
- Authentication.user
- Authentication.src
How To Implement
You must install and configure the Splunk Add-on for AWS (version 5.1.0 or later) and Enterprise Security 6.2, which contains the required updates to the Authentication data model for cloud use cases. Run the Previously Seen Users in AWS CloudTrail - Initial
support search only once to create a baseline of previously seen IAM users within the last 30 days. Run Previously Seen Users in AWS CloudTrail - Update
hourly (or more frequently depending on how often you run the detection searches) to refresh the baselines. You can also provide additional filtering for this search by customizing the detect_aws_console_login_by_user_from_new_region_filter
macro.
Known False Positives
When a legitimate new user logins for the first time, this activity will be detected. Check how old the account is and verify that the user activity is legitimate.
Associated Analytic Story
- Suspicious AWS Login Activities
- Suspicious Cloud Authentication Activities
- AWS Identity and Access Management Account Takeover
- Compromised User Account
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
---|---|---|---|
36.0 | 60 | 60 | User $user$ is logging into the AWS console from Region $Region$ for the first time |
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.
Reference
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