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GuardDuty Malware Protection - Disabled

ID: malware-protection-disabled

Severity: info

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,guardduty,aws-cloud-config

Ensure that the Malware Protection feature is enabled for your Amazon GuardDuty detectors.

id: malware-protection-disabled
info:
name: GuardDuty Malware Protection - Disabled
author: DhiyaneshDK
severity: info
description: |
Ensure that the Malware Protection feature is enabled for your Amazon GuardDuty detectors.
impact: |
GuardDuty Malware Protection disabled increases the risk of undetected malware threats on EBS volumes, potentially leading to data compromise or system breaches.
remediation: |
Enable GuardDuty Malware Protection by configuring the feature in the GuardDuty console or using the AWS CLI, to scan EBS volumes for malware and ensure proactive threat detection.
reference:
- https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/aws/GuardDuty/enable-malware-protection.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/guardduty/latest/ug/malware-protection.html
tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,guardduty,aws-cloud-config
variables:
region: "us-west-2"
flow: |
code(1)
for(let DetectorIds of iterate(template.detectors)){
set("detector", DetectorIds)
code(2)
}
self-contained: true
code:
- engine:
- sh
- bash
source: |
aws guardduty list-detectors --region $region --query 'DetectorIds' --output json
extractors:
- type: json
name: detectors
internal: true
json:
- '.[]'
- engine:
- sh
- bash
source: |
aws guardduty get-detector --region $region --detector-id "$detector" --query 'DataSources.MalwareProtection.ScanEc2InstanceWithFindings.EbsVolumes.Status' --output json
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "DISABLED"
extractors:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- '"GuardDuty Malware Protection " + detector + " is Disabled"'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210084ac2e28bc6bc93fd95ea79e10a8c8616131834514a20b020579d64a8bcf5db202202781b082dad0a37bed2c28670cf8f4d3d780b40862d3f13f2fff1395f1bd77e8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "cloud/aws/guardduty/malware-protection-disabled.yaml"

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