https://www.soc-labs.top/en/detections/89
Detect events where CloudTrail logging has been stopped.
- Searched here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ (for:
cloudtrail) - Searched here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/API_Operations.html (for:
stop) - Jotted down links:
title: Stop AWS CloudTrail Trail
status: test
description: Stop AWS CloudTrail Trail
references:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/API_StopEventDataStoreIngestion.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/APIReference/API_StopLogging.html
author: Soumyanil Biswas
date: 2025-10-15
modified: 2025-10-15
tags:
- attack.xxxx
logsource:
product: aws
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection:
eventSource: cloudtrail.amazonaws.com
eventType: AwsApiCall
# Why not?
#eventName: StopEventDataStoreIngestion
# Suspends the recording of AWS API calls and log file delivery for the specified trail.
eventName: StopLogging
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- unknown
level: high
fields:
- eventName
- sourceIPAddress
- eventID
- eventSource
- userIdentity.arn