22creation_date = " 2021/06/29"
33integration = [" aws" ]
44maturity = " production"
5- updated_date = " 2025/11/24 "
5+ updated_date = " 2025/12/01 "
66
77[rule ]
88author = [" Austin Songer" , " Elastic" ]
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ sensitive data from a duplicated environment. This rule detects successful resto
1313"RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot" or "RestoreDBInstanceFromS3", which may indicate unauthorized data access or
1414post-compromise defense evasion.
1515"""
16- event_category_override = " event.type"
1716false_positives = [
1817 """
1918 Restoring an RDS DB instance may be performed legitimately during troubleshooting, development refresh processes,
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ false_positives = [
2322 """ ,
2423]
2524index = [" filebeat-*" , " logs-aws.cloudtrail-*" ]
26- language = " eql "
25+ language = " kuery "
2726license = " Elastic License v2"
2827name = " AWS RDS DB Instance Restored"
2928note = """ ## Triage and analysis
@@ -146,13 +145,13 @@ tags = [
146145 " Resources: Investigation Guide" ,
147146]
148147timestamp_override = " event.ingested"
149- type = " eql "
148+ type = " query "
150149
151150query = '''
152- info where event.dataset == "aws.cloudtrail"
153- and event.provider == "rds.amazonaws.com"
154- and event.action in ("RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot", "RestoreDBInstanceFromS3")
155- and event.outcome == "success"
151+ event.dataset: "aws.cloudtrail"
152+ and event.provider: "rds.amazonaws.com"
153+ and event.action: ("RestoreDBInstanceFromDBSnapshot" or "RestoreDBInstanceFromS3")
154+ and event.outcome: "success"
156155'''
157156
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