Analytics BIOC Informational

Modification of PAM

Modification of PAM configuration files.

Module:
Platform Analytics
Data source:
XDR Agent
ATT&CK tactics: Persistence (TA0003) Defense Evasion (TA0005) Credential Access (TA0006)
ATT&CK techniques: Modify Authentication Process: Pluggable Authentication Modules (T1556.003)
Detector tags: Kubernetes - AGENT Containers
Attacker's goals:

Credential access, defense evasion or persistence.

Investigative actions:

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day
1 variation:
  • Modification of PAM from a Kubernetes pod Informational