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AWSCloudTrail - Monitor AWS Credential abuse or hijacking
Description
Identifies AWS STS `GetCallerIdentity` calls made by assumed-role sessions.
An attacker who has assumed the role of a legitimate account can call the GetCallerIdentity function to determine what account they are using.
A legitimate user using legitimate credentials would not need to call GetCallerIdentity since they should already know what account they are using.
More Information: https://duo.com/decipher/trailblazer-hunts-compromised-credentials-in-aws
AWS STS GetCallerIdentity API: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/API_GetCallerIdentity.html
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.4
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1d
- Query period
- 1d
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName =~ "GetCallerIdentity" and UserIdentityType =~ "AssumedRole"
| extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)
| extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])
| extend AccountName = case(UserIdentityPrincipalid == "Anonymous", "Anonymous", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)
| extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),
AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), "")
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by SourceIpAddress, EventName, EventTypeName, UserIdentityType, RecipientAccountId, AccountName, AccountUPNSuffix, UserIdentityAccountId, UserIdentityPrincipalid,
UserAgent, UserIdentityUserName, SessionMfaAuthenticated, AWSRegion, EventSource, AdditionalEventData, ResponseElements
| extend timestamp = StartTime
| sort by EndTime desc nulls last
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
32555639-b639-4c2b-afda-c0ae0abefa55
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC