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* [New Rule] AWS SSM Inventory Reconnaissance by Rare User This rule detects the first time a user or role accesses AWS Systems Manager (SSM) inventory APIs or runs the AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory job. SSM Inventory provides detailed information about managed EC2 instances including installed software, patch compliance, network configurations, and command execution history. Threat actors, including Scattered Spider (LUCR-3), have been observed leveraging these APIs to enumerate targets for lateral movement while blending in with legitimate AWS operations. The rule uses a New Terms approach on cloud.account.id and user.name to identify when users access these reconnaissance APIs for the first time. No existing rules specifically detect SSM inventory reconnaissance activity. This fills a gap in detecting cloud infrastructure discovery techniques used for target enumeration prior to lateral movement. | API | Purpose | |-----|---------| | `GetInventory` | Query inventory data (installed software, OS details) | | `GetInventorySchema` | Discover available inventory types | | `ListInventoryEntries` | Get specific instance inventory | | `DescribeInstancePatches` | Find patch compliance/vulnerabilities | | `ListCommands` | View SSM command execution history | | `CreateAssociation` | Trigger AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory job | * Apply suggestions from code review
rules/
Rules within this folder are organized by solution or platform. The structure is flattened out, because nested file hierarchies are hard to navigate and find what you're looking for. Each directory contains several .toml files, and the primary ATT&CK tactic is included in the file name when it's relevant (i.e. windows/execution_via_compiled_html_file.toml)
| folder | description |
|---|---|
. |
Root directory where rules are stored |
apm/ |
Rules that use Application Performance Monitoring (APM) data sources |
cross-platform/ |
Rules that apply to multiple platforms, such as Windows and Linux |
integrations/ |
Rules organized by Fleet integration |
linux/ |
Rules for Linux or other Unix based operating systems |
macos/ |
Rules for macOS |
ml/ |
Rules that use machine learning jobs (ML) |
network/ |
Rules that use network data sources |
promotions/ |
Rules that promote external alerts into detection engine alerts |
windows/ |
Rules for the Microsoft Windows Operating System |
Integration specific rules are stored in the integrations/ directory:
| folder | integration |
|---|---|
aws/ |
Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
azure/ |
Microsoft Azure |
cyberarkpas/ |
Cyber Ark Privileged Access Security |
endpoint/ |
Elastic Endpoint Security |
gcp/ |
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) |
google_workspace/ |
Google Workspace (formerly GSuite) |
o365/ |
Microsoft Office |
okta/ |
Oka |