Suspicious AWS CloudTrail Important Change (via cloudtrail)

This rule detects disabling, deleting and updating of a Trail

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title: Suspicious AWS CloudTrail Important Change (via cloudtrail)
id: 15ac0ea5-ec00-54c1-87f8-f44497e9d42e
status: stable
description: This rule detects disabling, deleting and updating of a Trail
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1685/002/
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/best-practices-security.html
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-14
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685.002
logsource:
    product: aws
    service: cloudtrail
detection:
    selection_source:
        eventSource: cloudtrail.amazonaws.com
        eventName:
            - StopLogging
            - UpdateTrail
            - DeleteTrail
    condition: selection_source
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Known false positives

  • Unknown

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