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DC0080 Instance Start

Item Value
ID DC0080
Version 2.0
Created 20 October 2021
Last Modified 12 November 2025

Log Sources

Name Channel
AWS:CloudTrail StartInstances
AWS:CloudTrail RunInstances

Detection Strategy

ID Name Technique Detected
DET0028 Detect Excessive or Unauthorized Bandwidth Usage for Botnet, Proxyjacking, or Scanning Purposes T1496.002
DET0247 Detection of Adversary Use of Unused or Unsupported Cloud Regions (IaaS) T1535
DET0308 Detection Strategy for Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure T1578
DET0449 Detection Strategy for Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure: Create Cloud Instance T1578.002
DET0337 Detection Strategy for Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure: Revert Cloud Instance T1578.004
DET0334 Detection Strategy for T1525 – Implant Internal Image T1525
DET0208 Endpoint Resource Saturation and Crash Pattern Detection Across Platforms T1499
DET0540 Multi-Platform Behavioral Detection for Compute Hijacking T1496.001
DET0267 Resource Hijacking Detection Strategy T1496
DET0248 User Execution – Malicious Image (containers & IaaS) – pull/run → start → anomalous behavior (T1204.003) T1204.003
DET0478 User Execution – multi-surface behavior chain (documents/links → helper/unpacker → LOLBIN/child → egress) T1204