Sigma rule: AWS Macie Evasion

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-9e338264dd4c, updated 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title: AWS Macie Evasion
Status: unsupported
Level: medium
Author: Sittikorn S
Date: 2021/07/06
Modified: 2023/03/24
File: unsupported/cloud/aws_macic_evasion.yml
Commit: ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects evade to Macie detection.

Log source

product: aws
service: cloudtrail

Detection

selection:
    eventName:
        - 'ArchiveFindings'
        - 'CreateFindingsFilter'
        - 'DeleteMember'
        - 'DisassociateFromMasterAccount'
        - 'DisassociateMember'
        - 'DisableMacie'
        - 'DisableOrganizationAdminAccount'
        - 'UpdateFindingsFilter'
        - 'UpdateMacieSession'
        - 'UpdateMemberSession'
        - 'UpdateClassificationJob'
timeframe: 10m
condition: selection | count() by sourceIPAddress > 5

False positives (as the rule lists them)

System or Network administrator behaviors

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

T1562.001

References

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/macie/

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

Sources and licences

SigmaHQ
"AWS Macie Evasion" by Sittikorn S (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/unsupported/cloud/aws_macic_evasion.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: AWS Macie Evasion",
entity page, dataset version ref-9e338264dd4c, updated 2023-03-24T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/91f6a16c-ef71-437a-99ac-0b070e3ad221 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 91f6a16c-ef71-437a-99ac-0b070e3ad221, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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