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AWS GuardDuty Findings

AWS GuardDuty threat detection findings across EC2, IAM, and S3 resources. Covers 8 categories — Recon, UnauthorizedAccess, Policy, Trojan, Impact, CryptoCurrency, Stealth, and Backdoor — with 27 finding types, 10 threat actor IPs, and geo/ASN enrichment.

Quick Start

uv tool install eventum-generator
git clone https://github.com/eventum-generator/content-packs.git
cd content-packs
eventum generate \
  --path generators/cloud-aws-guardduty/generator.yml \
  --id guardduty \
  --live-mode true

Event Types

Event IDDescriptionFrequencyCategory
Recon:EC2/PortProbeUnprotectedPortUnprotected port being probed by malicious host~15%recon
Recon:IAMUser/TorIPCallerAPI invoked from Tor exit node or malicious IP~10%recon
UnauthorizedAccess:EC2/MaliciousIPCaller.CustomEC2 instance communicating with disallowed IP~12%unauthorized-access
UnauthorizedAccess:IAMUser/ConsoleLoginSuccess.BUnusual console login from new principal~8%unauthorized-access
Policy:S3/BucketBlockPublicAccessDisabledS3 bucket public access block disabled~10%policy
Trojan:EC2/DGADomainRequest.BEC2 querying algorithmically generated domains~5%trojan
CryptoCurrency:EC2/BitcoinTool.B!DNSEC2 querying Bitcoin mining pool domains~4%cryptocurrency
Backdoor:EC2/DenialOfService.TcpEC2 may be participating in TCP DDoS attack~2.5%backdoor

Realism Features

  • Jinja2 macros eliminate boilerplate across 16 templates
  • 8 finding categories — Recon (25%), UnauthorizedAccess (20%), Policy (15%), Trojan (10%), Impact (10%), CryptoCurrency (8%), Stealth (7%), Backdoor (5%)
  • 3 resource types — Instance (EC2), AccessKey (IAM), S3Bucket with complete metadata
  • 4 action types — NETWORK_CONNECTION, PORT_PROBE, AWS_API_CALL, DNS_REQUEST
  • Multi-account environment — 3 AWS accounts (production, staging, development)
  • 15 EC2 instances with private/public IPs, VPC/subnet/security group details
  • 10 threat actor IPs from 8 countries with ASN/ISP/geo data, including Tor exit nodes
  • 14 malicious DNS domains — DGA-generated, crypto mining pools, C&C servers
  • Temporal realism — first_seen/last_seen windows spanning 1-72 hours
  • ECS rule fields — rule.category, rule.name, rule.ruleset for SIEM correlation

Sample Output

{
  "@timestamp": "2026-03-04T18:45:12.000Z",
  "aws": {
    "guardduty": {
      "account_id": "123456789012",
      "description": "EC2 instance i-0a1b2c3d4e5f67890 has an unprotected port which is being probed by a known malicious host.",
      "resource": {
        "instance_details": {
          "instance_id": "i-0a1b2c3d4e5f67890",
          "instance_type": "t3.medium",
          "iam_instance_profile": {
            "arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/web-server-prod",
            "id": "AIPA1A2B3C4D5E6F7G8H9"
          },
          "platform": null
        },
        "type": "Instance"
      },
      "service": {
        "action": {
          "port_probe_action": {
            "blocked": false,
            "port_probe_details": [
              {
                "local_port_details": {
                  "port": 22,
                  "port_name": "SSH"
                },
                "remote_ip_details": {
                  "ip_address_v4": "198.51.100.200",
                  "organization": {
                    "asn": "12389",
                    "asnorg": "Rostelecom",
                    "isp": "Rostelecom",
                    "org": "Rostelecom"
                  }
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "type": "PORT_PROBE"
        }
      },
      "confidence": 4.2,
      "severity": {
        "code": 2,
        "value": "Low"
      },
      "type": "Recon:EC2/PortProbeUnprotectedPort"
    }
  },
  "cloud": {
    "account": {
      "id": "123456789012"
    },
    "provider": "aws",
    "region": "us-east-1",
    "service": {
      "name": "guardduty"
    }
  },
  "event": {
    "action": "PORT_PROBE",
    "dataset": "aws.guardduty",
    "kind": "event",
    "module": "aws",
    "severity": 2,
    "type": [
      "info"
    ]
  },
  "rule": {
    "category": "Recon",
    "name": "Recon:EC2/PortProbeUnprotectedPort",
    "ruleset": "Recon:EC2"
  }
}

Parameters

ParameterDefaultDescription
agent_idb2c3d4e5-...Filebeat agent UUID
agent_version8.17.0Elastic Agent version

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