Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
153 detectors match the current filters.
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics | IAM Enumeration sequence An identity has executed a sequence of events which may be related to an IAM recon enumeration. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | IAM role was created An IAM role was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics | Impossible travel by a cloud identity Cloud identity activity detected from distant geographic regions within an short time window. This suggests unauthorized use of credentials, possibly indicating a compromised account. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes admission controller activity A Kubernetes admission controller has been created or modified. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Persistence, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes cluster events deletion Kubernetes cluster events deletion. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | Kubernetes enumeration activity An identity attempted to discover available resources within a cluster. This may indicate an adversary attempting to map the Kubernetes environment and discover resources that may assist to perform additional attacks within the environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes network policy modification A change has been made to the network policies of a Kubernetes cluster. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes Pod Created with host Inter Process Communications (IPC) namespace An identity created a Kubernetes pod with the host Inter Process Communications (IPC) namespace. This may indicate an adversary attempting to access data used by other pods that use the host's IPC namespace. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation, Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes Pod created with host process ID (PID) namespace An identity created a Kubernetes pod with the host process ID (PID) namespace. This may indicate an adversary attempting to access processes running on the host, which could allow escalating privileges to root. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation, Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes Pod Created With Sensitive Volume An identity created a Kubernetes Pod with a sensitive volume, allowing the Pod to have read or write permissions on the host's filesystem This could suggest an effort by an adversary to access sensitive files on the host and employ techniques for escalating privileges. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation, Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes pod creation from unknown container image registry A Kubernetes pod was created with a container image from an unknown registry. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes pod creation with host network An identity created a Kubernetes pod attached to the host network. This may indicate an adversary attempting to access services bound to localhost, sniff traffic on any interface on the host, and potentially bypass the network policy. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation, Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes Privileged Pod Creation An identity created a Kubernetes pod with a privileged container. This may indicate an adversary attempting to access that host's filesystem or gain root access to the host. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation, Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes secrets enumeration for the first time An identity listed Kubernetes secrets for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Kubernetes service account activity outside the cluster A service account user successfully invoked API calls outside the Kubernetes cluster. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Initial Access |
| 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 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 | 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 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 | 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 App engine Service Account token A GCP Service Account token, which is attached to an app engine, was used externally of the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Gcp Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Remote usage of VM Service Account token A GCP Service Account token, which is attached to a VM, was used externally of the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Gcp Audit Log | Credential Access |
| 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 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 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 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 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 | 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 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 IAM enumeration activity by a non-user Identity An unusual command which may be related to an IAM recon enumeration was executed by a non-user identity. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Gcp Audit Log | Discovery |
| 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 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 |