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The Threat Intel for AWS App correlates Sumo Logic threat intelligence data with your AWS log data, allowing for real-time security analytics to help detect threats in your environment and protect against cyber-attacks. The Threat Intel for AWS App scans your AWS CloudTrail, AWS ELB and AWS VPC Flow logs for threats based on IP address.

The Sumo Logic Threat Intel lookup database is only available with Sumo Logic Enterprise and Professions accounts, or during a 30-day trial period. The Threat Intel lookup database is not available for Sumo Logic Free accounts.

Collect Logs for the Threat Intel for AWS App​

The Threat Intel for AWS App utilizes AWS logs and VPC Flow Logs.

The Sumo Logic Threat Intel lookup database is only available with Sumo Logic Enterprise and Professional accounts, or during a 30-day trial period. The Threat Intel lookup database is not available for Sumo Logic Free accounts.

Configure Collectors and Sources​

If you are not already collecting your AWS logs, follow the instructions below to collect data from one or more of these data sources:

VPC Flow Logs can be published to Amazon CloudWatch Logs and Amazon S3. Each method has advantages. Using an Amazon S3 source is more reliable, while using a CloudFormation template allows you to customize your logs by adding more information and filtering unwanted data. You can use either of the following methods to collect Amazon VPC Flow Logs:

Installing the Threat Intel for AWS App​

The Sumo Logic Threat Intel lookup database is only available with Sumo Logic Enterprise and Professions accounts, or during a 30-day trial period. The Threat Intel lookup database is not available for Sumo Logic Free accounts.

Now that you have set up collection, install the Sumo Logic App for Threat Intel for AWS to use the preconfigured searches and Dashboards that provide insight into your data.

To install the app:

  1. Select App Catalog.
  2. In the 🔎 Search Apps field, run a search for your desired app, then select it.
  3. Click Install App.
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    Sometimes this button says Add Integration.

  4. On the next configuration page, under Select Data Source for your App, complete the following fields:
    • Data Source. Select one of the following options:
      • Choose Source Category and select a source category from the list; or
      • Choose Enter a Custom Data Filter, and enter a custom source category beginning with an underscore. For example, _sourceCategory=MyCategory.
    • Folder Name. You can retain the existing name or enter a custom name of your choice for the app.
    • All Folders (optional). The default location is the Personal folder in your Library. If desired, you can choose a different location and/or click New Folder to add it to a new folder.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Look for the dialog confirming that your app was installed successfully.
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Post-installation

Once your app is installed, it will appear in your Personal folder or the folder that you specified. From here, you can share it with other users in your organization. Dashboard panels will automatically start to fill with data matching the time range query received since you created the panel. Results won't be available immediately, but within about 20 minutes, you'll see completed graphs and maps.

Viewing Threat Intel Dashboards​

All Dashboards include filters that you can use in Interactive Mode for further analysis of your Threat Intel data.

Overview​

High-level view of the threats identified by Threat Intel in your AWS CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and ELB systems.

AWS Threat Intel
  • Welcome to Threat Intel for AWS. See an informational panel to help you get started with Threat Intel. You can close this panel once you’ve read the text and visited the FAQs.
  • Scanned Events Over Time. See the number of events scanned while looking for threats during the last 24 hours, broken down by source type.
  • CloudTrail. Count of threats detected in CloudTrail logs for the last 24 hours. Click this panel to drill down further on threats identified for CloudTrail and you’ll be taken to the Threat Intel - AWS CloudTrail dashboard.
  • VPC. Count of threats detected in VPC Flow logs for the last 24 hours. Click this panel to drill down further on threats identified for VPC Flow Logs and you’ll be taken to the Threat Intel - AWS VPC dashboard.
  • ELB. Count of threats detected in ELB logs for the last 24 hours. Count of threats detected in ELB for the last 24 hours. Click this panel to drill down further on threats identified for VPC and you’ll be taken to the Threat Intel - AWS ELB dashboard.
  • Threats over Time - CloudTrail. Count of threats to CloudTrail over the last 24 hours timesliced by hour to give you a trend of threats identified over time.
  • Threats over Time - VPC. Count of threats to VPC Flow logs over the last 24 hours timesliced by hour to give you a trend of threats identified over time
  • Threats over Time - ELB. Count of threats to ELB over the last 24 hours timesliced by hour to give you a trend of threats identified over time.
  • Threat Outlier - CloudTrail. See any time when the count of threats with a malicious confidence of High to CloudTrail goes outside the set threshold.
  • Threat Outlier - VPC. See any time when the count of threats with a malicious confidence of High to VPC FLow Logs goes outside the set threshold.
  • Threat Outlier - ELB - Classic. See any time when the count of threats with a malicious confidence of High to ELB goes outside the set threshold.

AWS CloudTrail​

Use this dashboard for details on potential threats and IOCs for AWS CloudTrail.

AWS Threat Intel
  • Threats by Geo Location. View the geo location of threats by IP address that have been identified by Sumo Logic threat intelligence with a malicious confidence of High over the last 24 hours.
  • Threats Associated with CloudTrail Events. Track events in CloudTrail by event time where the malicious confidence is High by source user, source IP address, event name, AWS region, result, malicious confidence, label name, threat malware families, threat last updated, and count for the last 24 hours.
  • Threats by Events and I.P. Compare events where the malicious confidence is High by source IP address over the last 24 hours.
  • Threats Over Time by Result. Compare successful versus access denied threats with a High malicious confidence for the last 24 hours, timesliced by hour.
  • Threats By Actor. Compare High malicious confidence threats by actor over the last 24 hours.
  • Threats by Events and Result. Compare events identified as threats with a High malicious confidence and see the number of successful versus access denied results for the last 24 hours.

Amazon VPC Flow Logs​

Use this dashboard for details on potential threats and IOCs for AWS VPC Flow Logs.

AWS Threat Intel
  • Geo Location of Threats with Rejected Flow Logs. View the location of the source IP address of threats identified as High malicious confidence and rejected VPC flow logs for the last 24 hours.
  • Geo Location of Threats with Accepted Flow Logs. View the location of the source IP address of threats identified as High malicious confidence and accepted VPC flow logs for the last 24 hours
  • Threats Associated with Rejected Flow Logs. View an aggregation table of High malicious confidence threats with rejected flow logs and compare the the interface ID, account ID, source, destination, protocol, malicious confidence, label name, threat malware families, threat last updated, and count.
  • Threats Associated with Accepted Flow Logs. View an aggregation table of High malicious confidence threats with accepted flow logs and compare the the interface ID, account ID, source, destination, protocol, malicious confidence, label name, threat malware families, threat last updated, and count.
  • Top 10 Threat Sources by Action. View a barchart of the top ten threat sources by source IP address, action and count over the last 24 hours.
  • Threat Breakdown. View a bar chart of threats over the last 24 hours by count, actor, and action
  • Threats Over Time by Action. View a trend over the last 24 hours of accepted and rejected threats.

AWS Elastic Load Balancing​

Use this dashboard for details on potential threats and IOCs for Elastic Load Balancing.

AWS Threat Intel
  • Threats by Geo Location. View the latest threats identified the geo location of their by source IP address.
  • Threats Associated with Client IP. View an aggregation table of threats by client IP with a malicious confidence of High that contains the ELB server, ELB status code, full request, source IP, source port, back end host, destination port, malicious confidence, label name, threat malware families, and threat last updated.
  • Client IP threats by ELB Server. View threats by client IP with a malicious confidence of High by ELB Server.
  • Threats By Actor. View a count of total threats with a malicious confidence of High for the last 24 hours, broken up by Actor.
  • Client IP Threats Over Time by ELB Server. View a line chart of the threats by client IP address with high malicious confidence over the last 24 hours.
  • Threats Associated with Hostname. View an aggregation table of threats by hostname with a malicious confidence of High that contains the ELB server, ELB status code, full request, host name, source port, back end host, destination port, malicious confidence, label name, threat malware families, and threat last updated over the last 24 hours.
  • Threats Associated with URL (Request). View threats by URL where the malicious confidence is high over the last 24 hours.
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