DeleteFlowLogs

CSP: AWS

Tactics:

Defense Evasion

Techniques:

T1562

Tags:

AWS EC2

Event

Deletes VPC Flow Log configurations, stopping the capture of network traffic metadata for the specified resources.

Security Context

• Impairing defenses allows adversaries to operate freely by removing security controls that would otherwise detect or block their activity.
• Modifications to logging and monitoring infrastructure can create blind spots that allow adversary activity to go undetected.

Log Source

CloudTrail

Sample Event

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

Tactics: Defense Evasion

Techniques:

• T1562 — Impair Defenses — Adversaries may maliciously modify components of a victim environment in order to hinder or disable defensive mechanisms. This not only involves impairing preventative defenses, such as firewalls and anti-virus, but also detection capabilities that defenders can use to audit activity and identify...