Analytics BIOC Low
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Masquerading as the Linux crond process

Copies a file and renames it as crond.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
ATT&CK techniques: Masquerading: Masquerade Task or Service (T1036.004)
Detector tags: Kubernetes - AGENT Containers
Attacker's goals:

Attackers may masquerade as the crond executable.

Investigative actions:

Verify that this isn't IT activity. Look for other hosts executing similar commands.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day
1 variation:
  • Masquerading as the Linux crond process from a Kubernetes pod Low