Name:AWS Disable Bucket Versioning id:657902a9-987d-4879-a1b2-e7a65512824b version:3 date:2024-09-30 author:Bhavin Patel, Splunk status:production type:Anomaly Description:The following analytic detects when AWS S3 bucket versioning is suspended by a user. It leverages AWS CloudTrail logs to identify `PutBucketVersioning` events with the `VersioningConfiguration.Status` set to `Suspended`. This activity is significant because disabling versioning can prevent recovery of deleted or modified data, which is a common tactic in ransomware attacks. If confirmed malicious, this action could lead to data loss and hinder recovery efforts, severely impacting data integrity and availability. Data_source:
-AWS CloudTrail PutBucketVersioning
search:`cloudtrail` eventName= PutBucketVersioning "requestParameters.VersioningConfiguration.Status"=Suspended | stats count values(requestParameters.bucketName) as bucket_name values(resources{}.ARN) as resource_arn by src_ip aws_account_id awsRegion eventName userAgent user_arn userIdentity.principalId errorCode | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`| `aws_disable_bucket_versioning_filter`
how_to_implement:You must install splunk AWS add on and Splunk App for AWS. This search works with AWS CloudTrail logs. known_false_positives:It is possible that an AWS Administrator has legitimately disabled versioning on certain buckets to avoid costs. References: -https://invictus-ir.medium.com/ransomware-in-the-cloud-7f14805bbe82 -https://bleemb.medium.com/data-exfiltration-with-native-aws-s3-features-c94ae4d13436 drilldown_searches: name:'View the detection results for - "$aws_account_id$"' search:'%original_detection_search% | search aws_account_id = "$aws_account_id$"' earliest_offset:'$info_min_time$' latest_offset:'$info_max_time$' name:'View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$aws_account_id$"' search:'| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$aws_account_id$") starthoursago=168 | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories) as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic) as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`' earliest_offset:'$info_min_time$' latest_offset:'$info_max_time$' tags: analytic_story: - 'Suspicious AWS S3 Activities' - 'Data Exfiltration' asset_type:AWS Account confidence:80 impact:80 message:Bucket Versioning is suspended for S3 buckets- $bucket_name$ by user $user_arn$ from IP address $src_ip$ mitre_attack_id: - 'T1490' observable: name:'user_arn' type:'User' - role: - 'Attacker' name:'src_ip' type:'IP Address' - role: - 'Attacker' name:'aws_account_id' type:'Other' - role: - 'Victim' product: - 'Splunk Enterprise' - 'Splunk Enterprise Security' - 'Splunk Cloud' required_fields: - '_time' - 'eventName' - 'user_arn' - 'src_ip' - 'aws_account_id' - 'destinationLocationArn' - 'sourceLocationArn' - 'userAgent' - 'userIdentity.principalId' risk_score:64 security_domain:threat
