Detect Spike in AWS Security Hub Alerts for User
THIS IS A EXPERIMENTAL DETECTION
This detection has been marked experimental by the Splunk Threat Research team. This means we have not been able to test, simulate, or build datasets for this detection. Use at your own risk. This analytic is NOT supported.
Description
This search looks for a spike in number of of AWS security Hub alerts for an AWS IAM User in 4 hours intervals.
- Type: Anomaly
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Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Last Updated: 2021-01-26
- Author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk
- ID: 2a9b80d3-6220-4345-b5ad-290bf5d0d222
Annotations
ATT&CK
Kill Chain Phase
NIST
- DE.AE
CIS20
- CIS 13
CVE
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`aws_securityhub_finding` "findings{}.Resources{}.Type"= AwsIamUser
| rename findings{}.Resources{}.Id as user
| bucket span=4h _time
| stats count AS alerts by _time user
| eventstats avg(alerts) as total_launched_avg, stdev(alerts) as total_launched_stdev
| eval threshold_value = 2
| eval isOutlier=if(alerts > total_launched_avg+(total_launched_stdev * threshold_value), 1, 0)
| search isOutlier=1
| table _time user alerts
|`detect_spike_in_aws_security_hub_alerts_for_user_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
detect_spike_in_aws_security_hub_alerts_for_user_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Required fields
List of fields required to use this analytic.
- _time
- findings{}.Resources{}.Type
- indings{}.Resources{}.Id
- user
How To Implement
You must install the AWS App for Splunk (version 5.1.0 or later) and Splunk Add-on for AWS (version 4.4.0 or later), then configure your Security Hub inputs. The threshold_value should be tuned to your environment and schedule these searches according to the bucket span interval.
Known False Positives
None
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
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25.0 | 50 | 50 | tbd |
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
Test Dataset
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