Sigma rule: SES Identity Has Been Deleted

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-3fa5cfd20155, updated 2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
SES Identity Has Been Deleted
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Janantha Marasinghe
Date
2022-12-13
Modified
2022-12-28
File
rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_delete_identity.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects an instance of an SES identity being deleted via the "DeleteIdentity" event. This may be an indicator of an adversary removing the account that carried out suspicious or malicious activities

Log source

product
aws
service
cloudtrail

Detection

selection:
    eventSource: 'ses.amazonaws.com'
    eventName: 'DeleteIdentity'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1070

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_delete_identity.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "SES Identity Has Been Deleted" by Janantha Marasinghe (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/aws/cloudtrail/aws_delete_identity.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: SES Identity Has Been Deleted",
entity page, dataset version ref-3fa5cfd20155, updated 2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/20f754db-d025-4a8f-9d74-e0037e999a9a (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 20f754db-d025-4a8f-9d74-e0037e999a9a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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