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Google Cloud Firewall Modified or Deleted

Detects when a firewall rule is modified or deleted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

MITRE ATT&CK

defense-evasion

Detection Query

selection:
  gcp.audit.method_name:
    - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Delete
    - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Patch
    - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Update
    - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Insert
condition: selection

Author

Austin Songer @austinsonger

Created

2021-08-13

Data Sources

gcpgcp.audit

Platforms

gcp

References

Tags

attack.defense-evasionattack.t1562

Raw Content

title: Google Cloud Firewall Modified or Deleted
id: fe513c69-734c-4d4a-8548-ac5f609be82b
status: test
description: Detects  when a firewall rule is modified or deleted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
references:
    - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/audit-logging
    - https://developers.google.com/resources/api-libraries/documentation/compute/v1/java/latest/com/google/api/services/compute/Compute.Firewalls.html
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021-08-13
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.t1562
logsource:
    product: gcp
    service: gcp.audit
detection:
    selection:
        gcp.audit.method_name:
            - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Delete
            - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Patch
            - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Update
            - v*.Compute.Firewalls.Insert
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Firewall rules being modified or deleted may be performed by a system administrator. Verify that the firewall configuration change was expected.
    - Exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.
level: medium