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T1686.001Not expressible in Sigma

Cloud Firewall

Defense ImpairmentIaaS

Where this stands

No Sigma rule can address this — the telemetry MITRE names has no Sigma logsource behind it.

None of MITRE's analytics for this technique name a log source that maps to a Sigma logsource — they describe abstract data ("Process::None"), API-hook telemetry, or prose channels with no reliable field names behind them.

What the technique is

Adversaries may disable or modify a firewall within a cloud environment to bypass controls that limit access to cloud resources. Cloud environments typically utilize restrictive security groups and firewall rules that only allow network activity from trusted IP addresses via expected ports and protocols. An adversary with appropriate permissions may introduce new firewall rules or policies to allow access into a victim cloud environment and/or move laterally from the cloud control plane to the data plane. For example, an adversary may use a script or utility that creates new ingress rules in existing security groups (or creates new security groups entirely) to allow any TCP/IP connectivity to a cloud-hosted instance. They may also remove networking limitations to support traffic associated with malicious activity (such as cryptomining).

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What MITRE says you would watch

  • AN1188

    Creation, deletion, or modification of security groups and firewall rules in cloud control plane logs that expand access to cloud resources beyond expected baselines. Defender view: unexpected ingress/egress rules permitting 0.0.0.0/0 or opening atypical ports, often correlated with privileged role or API key activity.

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