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Potential Malicious Usage of CloudTrail System Manager

Detect when System Manager successfully executes commands against an instance.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
Identity ProviderLinuxmacOSOffice SuiteSaaSWindows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Log source product
aws
Log source service
cloudtrail

Known benign triggers

  • Legitimate users may have to use SSM to perform actions against machines in the Cloud to update or maintain them
  • There are legitimate uses of SSM to send commands to EC2 instances

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