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+title: Creation of AWS API keys for users.
+id: 0a5177f4-6ca9-44c2-aacf-d3f3d8b6e4d2
+status: experimental
+author: faloker
+date: 2020/02/12
+description: Detects AWS API key creation for a user by another user. Backdoored users can be used to obtain persistence in the AWS environment. Also with this alert, you can detect a flow of AWS keys in your org.
+references:
+  - https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/pacu/blob/master/modules/iam__backdoor_users_keys/main.py#L6
+logsource:
+  service: cloudtrail
+detection:
+  selection_source:
+    - eventSource: iam.amazonaws.com
+  selection_eventname:
+    - eventName: CreateAccessKey
+  filter:
+    userIdentity.arn|contains: responseElements.accessKey.userName
+  condition: all of selection* and not filter
+fields:
+  - userIdentity.arn
+  - responseElements.accessKey.userName
+  - errorCode
+  - errorMessage
+level: high
+falsepositives:
+    - Adding user keys to their own accounts (the filter cannot cover all possible variants of user naming)
+    - AWS API keys legitimate exchange workflows
+tags:
+  - attack.t1098
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