Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
258 detectors match the current filters.
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes vulnerability scanning tool usage A known vulnerability scanning tool was used within a Kubernetes cluster. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution, Discovery |
| Analytics | Log enumeration via cloud native logging service An activity of log enumeration operations via cloud native logging service was detected. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Logging was impaired via external encryption key The resource was configured with an external key This might be an attempt to disrupt log inspection. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | MFA device was removed/deactivated from an IAM user Deactivate an MFA device and disassociate it from an IAM user. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | ML artifacts destruction An identity deleted multiple ML artifacts. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics | Multi region enumeration activity An internal identity performed an operation on multiple regions, considerably more than usual. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to identify all available resources in the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Discovery, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | Multiple cloud snapshots export A cloud identity has downloaded multiple virtual machines or DB snapshots locally. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics | Multiple failed AWS assume role attempts An AWS identity performed an unusual high number of failed assume role attempts. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Discovery, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics | Multiple failed logins from a single IP Multiple failed logins were observed in a short period of time from a single external IP. The IP is not a known identity provider. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Multiple risk indicators for a cloud identity Multiple risk indicators detected for a cloud identity, combining unusual activity with activity from unusual geolocation or high-risk IP. | High | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Network sniffing detected in Cloud environment A network sniffing tool was used in a cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Credential Access, Discovery |
| Analytics | New cloud identity created with administrative policy New cloud identity was created and assigned administrative policy. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Object versioning was disabled Object versioning of a cloud storage resource was disabled. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Potential creation of persistent cloud credentials A cloud identity invoked a credential-related persistence operation. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Persistence, Credential Access, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics | Potential denial of wallet abusing AI services An ML model experienced a sudden spike in requests in a short time. MITRE ATLAS Techniques: AML.T0029 - Denial of ML Service, AML.T0034 - Cost Harvesting. OWASP Top 10 LLM Technique: LLM10 - Unbounded Consumption. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Remote usage of an AWS service token An AWS service token was used externally of the cloud environment. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Lateral Movement, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Remote usage of AWS Lambda's role An AWS Lambda's role was used externally of the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Retrieval of cloud compute EC2 instance user data A cloud compute instance user data was retrieved, which may contain startup scripts, configuration parameters, or sensitive information associated with the instance. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Collection |
| Analytics BIOC | S3 configuration deletion An S3 bucket configuration has been deleted. This may affect the S3 access, and the objects it contains. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Serial console access was enabled in AWS account Serial console access to EC2 instances was enabled in an AWS account. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | SES Production Access Requested An identity requested to move the SES account from a restricted sandbox mode into production mode. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Resource Development |
| Analytics | Storage enumeration activity An identity attempted to discover cloud objects within storage buckets. This might be an attempt by an adversary to find sensitive data stored in cloud storage, which could lead to data theft. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Discovery |
| Analytics | Suspicious activity indicating a potential abuse of a cloud-native email service A cloud identity performed a sequence of activities which might indicate an intent to abuse the email service to send phishing or spam. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious activity on logging bucket An identity performed a suspicious activity on bucket used to store logs. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious AI Dataset Download A model dataset was accessed by an identity that typically doesn't interact with dataset files. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0035 - ML Artifact Collection. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious AI Dataset Label Modification AI Dataset labels were modified by an identity that typically doesn't interact with labels. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0020 - Poison Training Data. OWASP Top 10 LLM Technique: LLM04 - Data and Model Poisoning. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious AI model usage from a Tor exit node A cloud identity invoked an AI model from a Tor exit node. | High | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious API call from a Tor exit node A cloud API was called from a Tor exit node. | High | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Command and Control, Initial Access |
| Analytics | Suspicious AWS SSM parameters retrieval activity An identity dumped multiple AWS SSM parameters from the project. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to dump sensitive information from the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Collection |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious cloud compute instance SSH keys modification attempt An identity attempted to modify the SSH keys of a single compute instance. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to maintain persistence on the cloud instance. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics | Suspicious cloud user data modification attempt followed by VM restart Suspicious user data modification followed by VM restart, possibly an attempt to run altered startup scripts at boot. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics | Suspicious EBS snapshots deletion An identity deleted multiple EBS snapshots from the project, considerably more than usual. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious heavy allocation of compute resources - possible mining activity An identity allocated an unusual heavy compute resource, suspected as mining activity. Heavy machines normally have a high amount of CPU cores or attached with GPU, which are targeted by adversaries to mine Cryptocurrency. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact, Initial Access |
| Analytics | Suspicious identity downloaded multiple objects from a bucket An identity downloaded multiple objects from a bucket, considerably more than usual. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to download sensitive data from a bucket in the cloud environment. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Collection, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious ML Model Download A model artifact was accessed from cloud storage by an identity that typically doesn't interact with model files. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0035 - ML Artifact Collection. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Collection |
| Analytics | Suspicious objects encryption in an AWS bucket An AWS KMS key from a non-organization account was used to encrypt multiple objects in a bucket for the first time. This may indicate an attacker attempting to perform a ransomware attack against the organization's cloud environment. | High | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics | Suspicious secrets dump activity An identity dumped multiple secrets from the project, considerably more than usual. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to dump sensitive information from the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Credential Access, Collection |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious usage of EC2 token An AWS EC2 STS token was used externally from an EC2 instance. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AI dataset modification A cloud identity modified an AI dataset. MITRE ATLAS Techniques: AML.T0059 - Erode Dataset Integrity, AML.T0018.000 - Backdoor ML Model: Poison ML Model. OWASP Top 10 LLM Technique: LLM04 - Data and Model Poisoning. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AI Knowledge Base Modification An AI knowledge base was modified by an identity that typically doesn't interact with knowledge bases. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0070 - RAG Poisoning. OWASP Top 10 LLM Technique: LLM04 - Data and Model Poisoning. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AI model invocation A cloud identity invoked an AI model for the first time. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0050 - Command and Scripting Interpreter. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AI RAG Knowledge Base Modification AI knowledge base was modified by an identity that typically doesn't interact with knowledge bases. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0070 - RAG Poisoning. OWASP Top 10 LLM Technique: LLM04 - Data and Model Poisoning. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AWS Bedrock model access request A cloud identity requested access to an AWS Bedrock model. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0012 - Valid Accounts. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AWS CLI/SDK activity A cloud identity invoked an API using AWS CLI/SDK for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics | Unusual AWS S3 objects deletion An identity deleted multiple S3 bucket objects from the project, considerably more than usual. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AWS SageMaker notebook access A cloud identity accessed an AWS SageMaker notebook for the first time. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0008 - Acquire Infrastructure: AI Development Workspaces. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AWS systems manager activity A cloud identity performed an SSM operation for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Discovery, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual certificate management activity A cloud identity performed a certificate management operation for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual cloud identity impersonation A cloud identity attempted to impersonate another identity for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual cross projects activity A suspicious activity between different cloud projects. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual exec into a Kubernetes Pod An identity initiated a shell session within a Kubernetes pod using the exec command. The command allows an identity to establish a temporary shell session and execute commands in the pod. This may indicate an attacker attempting to gain an interactive shell, which will allow access to the pod's data. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual Identity and Access Management (IAM) activity A cloud identity performed an unusual IAM operation. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual key management activity A cloud identity performed a key management operation for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual Kubernetes secret access Suspicious Kubernetes secret access. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Credential Access |
| Analytics | Unusual multi-region AWS Resource Explorer searches An identity performed unusual discovery activity in multiple regions using Resource Explorer's Search operation. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual resource modification by newly seen IAM user A cloud resource was modified by a newly seen IAM user. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual secret management activity A cloud Identity performed a secret management operation for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual user-agent for a cloud identity A cloud identity has executed an API call with an unusual user-agent. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |