Cloud infrastructure modification
Instances created, reverted or deleted, or security groups altered, to evade defences
categoryCloud, container and supply chain attacksseverityHighdetectabilityHighlabnot yet measured
Classification
27 values: 13 reviewed, 12 imported, 2 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Post-compromise / campaign |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Established |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | AvailabilityIntegrity |
| Platform | IaaS |
| Environment | Cloud |
| Target asset class | Network deviceServer |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Defense Impairment |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | High |
|---|---|
| Testability | Atomic Red Team test |
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Cloud Service ModificationInstance CreationInstance DeletionInstance ModificationInstance StartInstance Stop |
| Attack permissions (ATT&CK) | User |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 9
- M1018 attack-mitigation
- M1047 attack-mitigation
D3-CId3fendD3-EHBd3fendD3-LLMd3fendD3-NNId3fendD3-PLMd3fendD3-RCd3fendD3-RNAd3fend
Detected by 5
- DET0084 attack-detection-strategy
- DET0337 attack-detection-strategy
- DET0449 attack-detection-strategy
- DET0492 attack-detection-strategy
48739819-8230-4ee3-a8ea-e0289d1fb0ffsigma
Tested by 2
09186a16-e7f1-4d26-9524-6999a95a2ea5atomice0c5c285-8903-4927-a9f8-a7c37eac37e2atomic
Framework references
- Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1578/
- attack: T1578.002 (primary)
- attack: T1578.003
- attack: T1578.004
- attack: T1578.005
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Cloud, container and supply chain attacks' table, line 396 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 2 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 3 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)