AWS EC2 instance communicated with a malicious server
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AWS EC2 instance communicated with a malicious server

guardduty

Classification:

attack

Set up the guardduty integration.

Overview

Goal

Detect when an EC2 instance is communicating with a malicious server.

Strategy

This rule lets you monitor these GuardDuty integration findings:

Triage & Response

  1. Determine which domain name or IP address triggered the signal. This can be found in the samples.
  2. If the instance is compromised:
    • Review the AWS documentation on remediating a compromised EC2 instance.