AWS GuardDuty Threat Intelligence Set Deleted
Detects the deletion of an Amazon GuardDuty threat intelligence set. Threat intelligence sets are custom lists of known-malicious IP addresses or domains that GuardDuty uses to generate findings when monitored…
Description
Detects the deletion of an Amazon GuardDuty threat intelligence set. Threat intelligence sets are custom lists of known-malicious IP addresses or domains that GuardDuty uses to generate findings when monitored resources communicate with those indicators. Deleting a threat intel set degrades GuardDuty's detection capability for known adversary infrastructure, allowing communication with threat-actor-controlled IP ranges to go undetected.
Detection logic
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Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source category
- event_index
Known benign triggers
- Removal of an outdated or inaccurate threat intelligence set during a scheduled feed rotation may trigger this rule. Confirm the deletion corresponds to a planned feed update and that a replacement set was activated.
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteThreatIntelSet.html | Only this detection cites it |
| hackingthe.cloud/aws/avoiding-detection/modify-guardduty-config/ | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 7ba46fa6-496c-4d62-a811-7c221b3d2dd9
- Tagged by the source as
- Data Source: Amazon Web ServicesData Source: AWSData Source: AWS CloudTrailDomain: CloudPlatform: AWSResources: Investigation GuideRule Type: Custom Query (KQL)Service: AWS GuardDutyTactic: Defense Evasion
Licence
- Published under
- Elastic License 2.0Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Sep 20, 2026
- Version
- 2