2026 Critical Cloud Control Plane Detection: IAM Policy Modification Granting Wildcard Admin Permissions
This rule detects modifications to AWS IAM policies (PutUserPolicy, PutRolePolicy, PutGroupPolicy, AttachUserPolicy, AttachRolePolicy, or CreatePolicyVersion) that result in a policy granting administrative '*' access to both Actions and Resources. This pattern is commonly used by adversaries for persistence and privilege escalation after initial IAM credential compromise.
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