Sub-technique of T1578 Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure.View on attack.mitre.org
An adversary may create a new instance or virtual machine (VM) within the compute service of a cloud account to evade defenses. Creating a new instance may allow an adversary to bypass firewall rules and permissions that exist on instances currently residing within an account. An adversary may Create Snapshot of one or more volumes in an account, create a new instance, mount the snapshots, and then apply a less restrictive security policy to collect Data from Local System or for Remote Data Staging.
Creating a new instance may also allow an adversary to carry out malicious activity within an environment without affecting the execution of current running instances.
Rules on DetectionCode tagged with T1578.002.
| Rule | Type | Risk | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Compute Instance Created With Previously Unseen Instance Type | Anomaly | NULL | AWS CloudTrail |
None recorded.
| Used by | Procedure example |
|---|---|
| GroupLAPSUS$ | LAPSUS$ has created new virtual machines within the target's cloud environment after leveraging credential access to cloud assets. |
| GroupScattered Spider | Scattered Spider has created Amazon EC2 instances within the victim's environment. |
| Used by | Procedure example |
|---|---|
| CampaignC0027 | During C0027, Scattered Spider used access to the victim's Azure tenant to create Azure VMs. |
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