Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
397 detectors match the current filters.
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics BIOC | A Backup vault policy was modified A cloud identity has modified backup vault access policy. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | A Cloud DB instance was exported to an unknown destination A Cloud DB instance was exported to a foreign storage destination. The destination storage has not been seen in the organization in the last 30 days. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Gcp Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud function was created with an unusual runtime A cloud function was created with an unusual runtime. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud identity created or modified a security group A cloud identity created or modified a security group. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| 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 cloud identity had escalated its permissions A cloud identity had updated its permissions. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud identity invoked IAM related persistence operations A cloud identity invoked IAM related persistence operations. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Persistence |
| Analytics | A cloud identity performed multiple unusual activities A cloud identity performed multiple unusual activities across various cloud services. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud identity started a Cloud Shell session A cloud identity started a Cloud Shell session. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud instance was stopped A cloud compute instance was stopped. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud snapshot of AWS database or storage was modified or shared A cloud identity has shared a snapshot of an AWS database or storage instance. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud storage configuration was modified A cloud storage configuration was modified. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A cloud storage object was copied to a foreign cloud account A cloud storage object was copied or moved to a foreign cloud storage account. The destination account was either not monitored or not seen within your tenant for the last 30 days. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | A Command Line Interface (CLI) command was executed from a GCP serverless compute service A GCP serverless compute service token was used to execute a Command Line Interface (CLI) command. | Low | Cortex Cloud | Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A Command Line Interface (CLI) command was executed from an AWS serverless compute service AWS serverless compute service token was used to execute a Command Line Interface (CLI) command. This may indicate token theft due to the nature of serverless compute. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access, Credential Access, Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A compute-attached identity executed API calls outside the instance's region A compute-attached identity performed actions outside the compute instance region. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access, Credential 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 GCP Cloud SQL DB instance was exported from a production account A GCP Cloud SQL DB instance was exported to a storage bucket. The DB instance was exported from a production account. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Gcp Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | A Kubernetes API operation was successfully invoked by an anonymous user An unauthenticated user successfully invoked API calls within the Kubernetes cluster. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Initial Access |
| 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 dashboard service account was used outside the cluster A Kubernetes dashboard service account was successfully used externally of the Kubernetes environment, which may indicate that the dashboard is exposed to the internet and does not require authentication. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Initial Access |
| 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 | A new Azure email domain verification was requested A new Azure email domain verification was requested. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | A New Server was Added to an Azure Active Directory Hybrid Health ADFS Environment A new server has been added to an Azure Active Directory Hybrid Health AD FS Environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | A Service Principal was created in Azure A Service Principal was created in Azure. This could indicate a malicious actor attempting to gain access to a resource. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Initial Access, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A Service Principal was removed from Azure A service principal was removed from Azure. This indicates a change in access permissions and may indicate malicious activity. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A user logged in to the AWS console for the first time A user logged in to the AWS console for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access, Persistence, Lateral Movement |
| Analytics | Abnormal Allocation of compute resources in multiple regions An identity allocated an unusual compute resource pool, suspected as mining activity. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact, Initial Access |
| Analytics | AI model discovery A cloud identity listed available AI models. This behavior often suggests reconnaissance on AI models and potential misuse. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0007 - Discover ML Artifacts. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | AI safeguards deletion attempt A cloud identity deleted AI safeguards. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0015 - Evade ML Model. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | AI safeguards were modified A cloud identity modified AI safeguards. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0015 - Evade ML Model. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | Allocation of multiple cloud compute resources An identity allocated multiple compute resources. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS database service master user password was changed An AWS database service master user password was changed. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS EC2 instance containing sensitive data was exported A EC2 instance was exported to an S3 bucket. The instance was found to contain sensitive data. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS EC2 instance was exported from a production account An EC2 instance was exported from a production account to an S3 bucket. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS EC2 instance was exported into an unknown S3 bucket An EC2 instance was exported to an unknown S3 bucket. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS EFS File-share mount was deleted An AWS EFS File-share mount was deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS EFS file-share was deleted An AWS EFS File-share has been deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS EKS cluster was created or deleted An AWS EKS cluster has been created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access, Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS GuardDuty IP set was created An AWS GuardDuty IP set has been created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS Lambda Function was created An AWS Lambda Function was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Execution, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS Lambda function was modified An AWS Lambda function was modified. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS RDS Global Cluster Deletion An AWS RDS global cluster was deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS RDS instance was created from a snapshot A new AWS RDS instance was created from a publicly available RDS snapshot. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS Route 53 domain was transferred to another AWS account An AWS Route 53 domain was transferred to another AWS account. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS S3 bucket configuration was modified An AWS S3 bucket configuration has been modified. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Defense Evasion, Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS SAML provider was modified An AWS SAML provider was modified. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An AWS SES identity was deleted An AWS SES identity has been deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure application reached a throttling API rate An Azure application has executed a high volume of Microsoft Graph API calls, causing a throttling error. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure DNS Zone was modified An Azure DNS zone has been changed or removed, which may indicate malicious activity or a misconfiguration. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Firewall policy deletion An Azure Firewall policy was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to disable network defenses. | Low | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Firewall rule collection group was modified or deleted An Azure Firewall rule collection group was modified or deleted. This could indicate a malicious actor attempting to bypass security measures. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure firewall rule group was modified An Azure firewall rule group was modified or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Firewall was modified An Azure Firewall was modified or deleted. This may indicate a security risk. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | An Azure identity performed multiple actions that were denied An identity performed multiple Microsoft Graph actions that were denied, which may indicate it is being misused. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Key Vault key was modified An Azure Key Vault key was modified. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Key Vault was modified Azure Key Vault has been modified or deleted by an Identity. This could be an indication of unauthorized access or malicious activity. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Kubernetes Cluster was created or deleted An Azure Kubernetes Cluster was created or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Kubernetes Role or Cluster-Role was modified An Azure Kubernetes Role or Cluster-Role was modified or deleted. This could indicate malicious activity and should be investigated. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Kubernetes Role-Binding or Cluster-Role-Binding was modified or deleted An Azure Kubernetes Role-Binding or Cluster-Role-Binding was modified or deleted. This could indicate a security breach or malicious activity. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Kubernetes Service Account was modified or deleted An Azure Kubernetes Service Account was modified or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Network Security Group was modified An Azure Network Security Group was modified or deleted. This could indicate malicious activity or a misconfiguration. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Point-to-Site VPN was modified An Azure Point-to-Site VPN was modified or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure SQL database was exported from a production subscription An Azure SQL database export was initiated. The database was exported from a production subscription. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure Suppression Rule was created An Azure Suppression Rule was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure virtual network Device was modified An Azure virtual network Device was modified or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure virtual network was modified An Azure virtual network has been modified or deleted. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure VM snapshot SAS URL was generated An identity generated a SAS URL for an Azure VM snapshot. SAS URLs allow others to download or export the snapshot. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure VM snapshot SAS URL was generated for export from a production subscription A SAS URL for an Azure VM snapshot was generated. The operation was performed within a production subscription. SAS URLs allow others to download or export the snapshot. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An Azure VPN Connection was modified Modification or removal of an Azure VPN connection was detected. This alert indicates a change to an existing VPN connection or the deletion of an existing connection. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | An EBS snapshot block was downloaded An EBS snapshot block was downloaded using the EBS direct API. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to exfiltrate data from a volume snapshot in the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Collection, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An Email address was added to AWS SES An Email address was added to AWS SES. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | An IAM group was created An IAM group was created. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | An identity accessed a backup cloud storage An identity accessed a backup cloud storage. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Collection, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An identity accessed a cloud storage for the first time An identity accessed a cloud storage resource for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Collection, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An identity accessed Azure Kubernetes Secrets An identity has accessed or attempted to access Azure Kubernetes secrets or Config Objects. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | An identity created or updated password for an IAM user An identity created or updated an AWS console password for an IAM user. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | An identity disabled bucket logging An identity disabled bucket logging. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics | An identity initiated a download of multiple cloud objects An identity initiated a download of multiple cloud objects. This might be an indication for an adversary trying to exfiltrate data from cloud storage. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Collection, Exfiltration |
| Analytics | An identity performed a suspicious download of multiple cloud storage objects An identity downloaded multiple objects from cloud storage. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to download sensitive data from a bucket in the cloud environment. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Collection, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | An identity started an AWS SSM session An identity started an AWS SSM interactive session. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Lateral Movement |