persistence_gcp_service_account_created.toml

[metadata]
creation_date = "2020/09/22"
integration = ["gcp"]
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2024/05/21"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies when a new service account is created in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). A service account is a special type of
account used by an application or a virtual machine (VM) instance, not a person. Applications use service accounts to
make authorized API calls, authorized as either the service account itself, or as G Suite or Cloud Identity users
through domain-wide delegation. If service accounts are not tracked and managed properly, they can present a security
risk. An adversary may create a new service account to use during their operations in order to avoid using a standard
user account and attempt to evade detection.
"""
false_positives = [
    """
    Service accounts can be created by system administrators. Verify that the behavior was expected. Exceptions can be
    added to this rule to filter expected behavior.
    """,
]
index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-gcp*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "GCP Service Account Creation"
note = """## Setup

The GCP Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule."""
references = ["https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts"]
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "7ceb2216-47dd-4e64-9433-cddc99727623"
severity = "low"
tags = [
    "Domain: Cloud",
    "Data Source: GCP",
    "Data Source: Google Cloud Platform",
    "Use Case: Identity and Access Audit",
    "Tactic: Persistence",
]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "query"

query = '''
event.dataset:gcp.audit and event.action:google.iam.admin.v*.CreateServiceAccount and event.outcome:success
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1136"
name = "Create Account"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1136/"


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0003"
name = "Persistence"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/"