Merge PR #5711 from @swachchhanda000 - Add PUA - AWS TruffleHog Execution

Co-authored-by: Nasreddine Bencherchali <nasreddineb@splunk.com>
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Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel
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title: PUA - AWS TruffleHog Execution
id: a840e606-7c8c-4684-9bc1-eb6b6155127f
status: experimental
description: |
Detects the execution of TruffleHog, a popular open-source tool used for scanning repositories for secrets and sensitive information, within an AWS environment.
It has been reported to be used by threat actors for credential harvesting. All detections should be investigated to determine if the usage is authorized by security teams or potentially malicious.
references:
- https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog
- https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-crimson-collective-a-new-threat-group-observed-operating-in-the-cloud/
author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2025-10-21
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1555
- attack.t1003
logsource:
product: aws
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection:
userAgent: 'TruffleHog'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate use of TruffleHog by security teams for credential scanning.
level: medium