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2 alerts match the current filters. tactic: TA0006 ✕ technique: T1190 ✕

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  • An unusual process in ingress-nginx has accessed a service-account token file High Cloud

    An unusual process in ingress-nginx has read a service-account token.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    1 Hour
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Initial Access (TA0001) Credential Access (TA0006)
    ATT&CK techniques: Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) Unsecured Credentials (T1552)
    Required data: XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH)
    Detector tags: Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers
    Attacker's goals: An attacker is attempting to gain unauthorized access by leveraging valid credentials.
    Investigative actions: Check if the process is intended to preform these actions.
  • Cloud IMDS access followed by remote token usage Medium Cloud

    A request was made to the cloud Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) followed by a remote usage of EC2 role token.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    1 Hour
    Deduplication:
    1 Hour
    ATT&CK tactics: Initial Access (TA0001) Credential Access (TA0006)
    ATT&CK techniques: Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) Unsecured Credentials (T1552)
    Required data: AWS Audit Log XDR Agent
    Attacker's goals: Gain unauthorized access by leveraging valid cloud credentials.
    Investigative actions: Identify the process that accessed the IMDS on the cloud instance. Examine the AWS API calls made by the stolen token, focusing on unusual or sensitive actions. Assess the role's permissions and rotate credentials if compromise is confirmed.