// MITRE ATT&CK
T1578 · Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure
🎯 Defense Impairment IaaS
An adversary may attempt to modify a cloud account's compute service infrastructure to evade defenses. A modification to the compute service infrastructure can include the creation, deletion, or modification of one or more components such as compute instances, virtual machines, and snapshots. Permi...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.
Sub-techniques (5)
T1578.001
Create Snapshot T1578.002
Create Cloud Instance T1578.003
Delete Cloud Instance T1578.004
Revert Cloud Instance T1578.005
Modify Cloud Compute Configurations
Create Snapshot T1578.002
Create Cloud Instance T1578.003
Delete Cloud Instance T1578.004
Revert Cloud Instance T1578.005
Modify Cloud Compute Configurations
Related techniques
T1687
Exploitation for Defense Impairment T1556.003
Pluggable Authentication Modules T1578.004
Revert Cloud Instance T1222.002
Linux and Mac Permissions T1666
Modify Cloud Resource Hierarchy T1685.003
Modify or Spoof Tool UI T1685.001
Disable or Modify Windows Event Log T1600
Weaken Encryption
Exploitation for Defense Impairment T1556.003
Pluggable Authentication Modules T1578.004
Revert Cloud Instance T1222.002
Linux and Mac Permissions T1666
Modify Cloud Resource Hierarchy T1685.003
Modify or Spoof Tool UI T1685.001
Disable or Modify Windows Event Log T1600
Weaken Encryption
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