Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
36 detectors match the current filters.
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics BIOC | A cloud identity executed an API call from an unusual country A cloud identity that normally connects from a limited set of countries connected from a new country for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A container registry was created or deleted A container registry was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes cluster role binding was created or deleted A Kubernetes cluster role binding was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes cluster role was created A Kubernetes cluster role was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes cluster was created or deleted A Kubernetes cluster was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes ConfigMap was created or deleted A Kubernetes ConfigMap was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes Cronjob was created A Kubernetes CronJob was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes DaemonSet was created A Kubernetes DaemonSet was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes deployment was created A Kubernetes deployment was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes ephemeral container was created A Kubernetes ephemeral container was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes namespace was created or deleted A Kubernetes namespace was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes node service account activity from external IP A Kubernetes node service account was seen operating from an external IP. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes Pod was created with a sidecar container A Kubernetes Pod was created with a sidecar container. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes Pod was deleted A Kubernetes Pod was deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes ReplicaSet was created A Kubernetes ReplicaSet was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes role binding was created or deleted A Kubernetes role binding was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes secret was created or deleted A Kubernetes secret was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes service account executed an unusual API call A Kubernetes service account executed an unusual API call. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes service account has enumerated its permissions A Kubernetes service account has enumerated its permissions using the self subject review API. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes service account was created or deleted A Kubernetes service account was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes service was created or deleted A Kubernetes service was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes StatefulSet was created A Kubernetes StatefulSet was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | Denied API call by a Kubernetes service account A Kubernetes service account API call was denied. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Execution |
| 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 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 | 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 Kubernetes secret access Suspicious Kubernetes secret access. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Credential Access |