Suspicious AWS CloudTrail Important Change (via cloudtrail)
This rule detects disabling, deleting and updating of a Trail
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suspicious-aws-cloudtrail-important-change-via-cloudtrail
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.