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API Reference: Cloud Incident Response Agent

Overview

Automates AWS cloud incident response: disables compromised access keys, attaches deny-all policies, isolates EC2 instances, captures EBS snapshots for forensics, and queries CloudTrail for attacker activity timeline.

Dependencies

Package Version Purpose
requests >=2.28 HTTP API calls
AWS CLI >=2.0 AWS service interaction (subprocess)

CLI Usage

python agent.py --incident-id INC-2025-001 --username compromised-user \
  --access-key-id AKIA... --instance-id i-0abc123 --output report.json

Arguments

Argument Required Description
--incident-id Yes Incident ticket identifier
--username Yes Compromised IAM username
--access-key-id No Access key ID to disable
--instance-id No EC2 instance ID to isolate
--forensic-sg No Forensic isolation security group ID
--output No Output report file path

Key Functions

aws_disable_access_key(username, access_key_id)

Disables a compromised IAM access key by setting status to Inactive via aws iam update-access-key.

aws_attach_deny_all(username)

Attaches the AWSDenyAll managed policy to block all API calls from the compromised user.

aws_isolate_ec2(instance_id, forensic_sg)

Changes an EC2 instance's security groups to a forensic isolation group that denies all traffic.

aws_snapshot_ebs(instance_id)

Creates forensic snapshots of all EBS volumes attached to the compromised instance.

aws_query_cloudtrail(username, hours_back)

Queries CloudTrail for all API events made by the compromised identity, parsing source IP, user agent, and resources.

aws_list_attacker_resources(username, events)

Filters CloudTrail events for resource creation actions (Create*, Run*, Put*, Attach*).

aws_check_all_regions_instances()

Scans all AWS regions for running EC2 instances to detect crypto-mining deployments.

AWS CLI Commands Used

Command Purpose
aws iam update-access-key Disable access key
aws iam attach-user-policy Attach deny-all policy
aws ec2 modify-instance-attribute Change security groups
aws ec2 create-snapshot Capture EBS volume snapshot
aws cloudtrail lookup-events Query API audit trail
aws ec2 describe-regions List all regions