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AWS SES Identity Deleted via CloudTrail DeleteIdentity Event

Flags CloudTrail events showing an SES identity was deleted using the DeleteIdentity API.

FreeReviewedSigma · Medium · v5
Product
aws
Service
cloudtrail
Author
Janantha Marasinghe (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2022-12-13
Updated
2026-07-31
AnalysisDetection

ATT&CK techniques

Defense Evasion

  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

  14. Impact

What it detects

This rule identifies when an Amazon SES identity is deleted using the CloudTrail event for the DeleteIdentity API call. Deleting identities can be used to remove evidence or disrupt previously configured sending capabilities after suspicious activity. The detection relies on AWS CloudTrail logs containing eventSource ses.amazonaws.com and eventName DeleteIdentity.

Reporting behind it

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Changelog

v5
  1. v5
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  2. v4
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  3. v3
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  4. v2
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  5. 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.