AWS CloudTrail: Security Hub findings evasion via finding updates or deletions

Identifies Security Hub finding and insight modifications (update or delete) that may impair detection results.

FreeReviewedSigma · High · v5

Product: aws
Service: cloudtrail
Author: Sittikorn S (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published: 2021-06-28
Updated: 2026-07-31

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What it detects

This rule identifies CloudTrail events in which AWS Security Hub findings or insights are modified, including BatchUpdateFindings, UpdateFindings, UpdateInsight, DeleteInsight, and related actions. Attackers may use these operations to impair incident response by changing or removing security findings. The detection relies on CloudTrail telemetry recording Security Hub API calls with eventSource set to securityhub.amazonaws.com and the specified eventName values.

Reporting behind it

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AWS CloudTrail: Security Hub findings evasion via finding updates or deletions

Pivot detection · T1685 · 9 related

Changelog

v5
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v4
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v3
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v2
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v1
No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.

aws-security-hub-finding-evasion-via-finding-updates-and-deletions-cloudtrail-a607e1fe

title: "AWS CloudTrail: Security Hub findings evasion via finding updates or deletions"
id: 00475ea0-5c55-43f4-832b-852362df206a
status: stable
description: This rule identifies CloudTrail events in which AWS Security Hub findings or insights are modified, including BatchUpdateFindings, UpdateFindings, UpdateInsight, DeleteInsight, and related actions. Attackers may use these operations to impair incident response by changing or removing security findings. The detection relies on CloudTrail telemetry recording Security Hub API calls with eventSource set to securityhub.amazonaws.com and the specified eventName values.
references:
  - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/securityhub/
  - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_securityhub_finding_evasion.yml
author: Sittikorn S, Huntrule Team
date: 2021-06-28
tags:
  - attack.defense-impairment
  - attack.t1685
logsource:
  product: aws
  service: cloudtrail
detection:
  selection:
    eventSource: securityhub.amazonaws.com
    eventName:
      - BatchUpdateFindings
      - DeleteInsight
      - UpdateFindings
      - UpdateInsight
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - System or Network administrator behaviors
  - DEV, UAT, SAT environment. You should apply this rule with PROD environment only.
level: high
license: DRL-1.1
related:
  - id: a607e1fe-74bf-4440-a3ec-b059b9103157
    type: derived

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