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Purpose

An analyst wants to detect <adjective> malicious behavior in <data source>requests to the content delivery network.  Using the <name> CloudFront SQS collector to send <type> request logs to Devo, the analyst will find <outcome>DDoS attempts.  As a result, the analyst will <verb> the <entity>, preventing  them from <tactic>scale web services, preventing them from failing.

Example tables

Authorize It

1. Authorize SQS Data Access.

2. Add data to the S3 bucket.

   1. Update or create a CloudFront Distribution.

   2. Turn log delivery on.

   3. Enable cookie logging so that cookie poisoning attacks can be investigated.

   4. Select Amazon S3 as the delivery method.

   5. Enter the destination bucket created in Step 1.

   6. Devo requires that the default 33 fields be selected.

   7. Devo does not require partitioning.

   8. Select “Plain text” format.

   9. Select “\t” field delimiters.

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Run It

In the Cloud Collector App, create an SQS Collector instance using this parameters template, replacing the values enclosed in < >.

{
  "inputs": {
    "sqs_collector": {
      "id": "<FIVE_UNIQUE_DIGITS>",
      "services": {
        "aws_sqs_control_tower": {}
      },
      "credentials": {
              "aws_cross_account_role": "arn:<PARTITION>:iam::<YOUR_AWS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER>:role/<YOUR_ROLE>",
              "aws_external_id": "<EXTERNAL_ID>"
      },
      "region": "<REGION>",
      "base_url": "https://sqs.<REGION>.amazonaws.com/<YOUR_AWS_ACCOUNT_NUMBER>/<QUEUE_NAME>"
    }
  }
}

Secure It

CloudFront logs work with these Exchange Activeboards:

• Web Analytics

• Collective Defense Overview

Devo provides compatible alert packs:

• Collective Defense

• Exploitation for Defense Evasion

• Exploit Public-Facing Application

• File and Directory Discovery

Access from unexpected location

/* 
Get a list of edge locations where CloudFront was accessed
to search for access from geographies that should not be using 
the application.
*/
from cloud.aws.cloudfront.web_1 group by x_edge_location 

Malicious redirect created

/*
Get a list of redirects to check if a malicious person is
directing users to phishing.
*/
from cloud.aws.cloudfront.web_1 
where eq(x_edge_result_type,"Redirect"),
toktains(cs_uri_stem,"login")//redirect to phishing login page
group by cs_Host, cs_uri_stem

Monitor It

Create aninactivity alert to detect interruptions of transfer of data from the source to the SQS queue using the query

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