Detectors

Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.

328 detectors match the current filters.

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Type Name Severity Module Data source / event ATT&CK
Analytics Deletion of multiple cloud resources An identity deleted multiple cloud resources. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log Impact
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 Disable AWS audit logs through Event Selectors An AWS Cloudtrail Event Selector was modified. An attacker might use this technique to disable audit logs. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC EBS snapshots were created from an EC2 instance One or more EBS snapshots were created from an EC2 instance. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Collection
Analytics BIOC EBS volume attachment attempt An attempt was made to attach an EBS volume to an EC2 instance. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC EBS volume detachment attempt An attempt was made to detach an AWS EBS volume from an EC2 instance. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC EC2 instance Amazon machine image was created Amazon machine image was created from elastic compute cloud instance. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Exfiltration
Analytics BIOC External user invitation to Azure tenant An external user was invited to Azure tenant. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC Foreign account was granted permissions to S3 bucket via resource-based policy Foreign account was granted access to S3 bucket. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Exfiltration
Analytics BIOC GCP administrative role granted to a cloud identity A cloud identity granted an administrative IAM role to another identity. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP Firewall Rule creation A GCP VPN firewall rule was created. An attacker might use this technique to block or open access to/from restricted areas. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC GCP Firewall Rule Modification A GCP firewall rule was modified. An attacker might use this technique to access restricted resources. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC GCP IAM Role Deletion A GCP IAM role was created. An attacker might use this technique to interrupt users' actions. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP IAM Service Account Key Deletion A GCP IAM service account key was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to interrupt business operations. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP Logging Bucket Deletion A GCP logging bucket was deleted. An attacker might delete the bucket to evade detection. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC GCP logging sink deletion A GCP logging sink entity was deleted. Logs that match the logging sink rule will not arrive at their destination. An attacker might use this technique to evade detection. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC GCP logging sink modification A GCP logging sink entity was modified. Logs that match the logging sink rule will not arrive at their destination. An attacker might use this technique to evade detection. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC GCP Pub/Sub Subscription Deletion A GCP Pub/Sub subscription was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to affect business workflows. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP Pub/Sub Topic Deletion A GCP Pub/Sub topic was deleted, might affect workflows due to interrupts within the Pub/Sub pipeline. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP sensitive Cloud Run role granted A cloud identity granted itself a sensitive Cloud Run IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP sensitive compute role granted A cloud identity granted itself a sensitive compute IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP sensitive Deployment Manager role granted A cloud identity granted itself a sensitive Deployment Manager IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP sensitive Functions role granted A cloud identity granted itself a sensitive Functions IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP sensitive IAM role granted A cloud identity granted itself a sensitive IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP sensitive Secret Manager role granted A cloud identity granted itself a sensitive Secret Manager IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP sensitive storage role granted A cloud identity granted itself a sensitive storage IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP Service Account creation A GCP service account was created. An attacker might use this technique to evade detection. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC GCP Service Account Deletion A GCP service account was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to remove access to valid accounts. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP Service Account Disable A GCP service account was disabled. An attacker might use this technique to interrupt business procedures and workflows. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP service account impersonation attempt An attempt to impersonate the GCP service account failed. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Privilege Escalation, Initial Access
Analytics BIOC GCP Service Account key creation A GCP service account key was created. An attacker might use this technique to evade detection. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC GCP set IAM policy activity A cloud identity had modified a resource policy bindings. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC GCP Storage Bucket Configuration Modification A GCP storage bucket configuration has been modified. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP Storage Bucket deletion A GCP bucket was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to destroy business data and its workflows. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP Storage Bucket Permissions Modification A GCP storage bucket's IAM permissions were modified. An attacker might use this technique to expose sensitive data or cause data loss. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC GCP Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Network Deletion A GCP VPC network was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to interrupt business resources and workflows. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP Virtual Private Network Route Creation A GCP VPC route was created. An attacker might use this technique to impact business workflows. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP Virtual Private Network Route Deletion A GCP VPC route was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to impact business workflows. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Impact
Analytics BIOC GCP VPC Firewall Rule Deletion A GCP VPC firewall rule was deleted. An attacker might use this technique to access restricted resources. Informational Cortex Cloud Gcp Audit Log Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC Granting Access to an Account Azure access has been granted to an account. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Initial Access, Credential Access
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 inline policy was added to group A cloud identity added an AWS IAM inline policy to an IAM group. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM inline policy was added to role A cloud identity added an AWS IAM inline policy to an IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM inline policy was added to user A cloud identity added an AWS IAM inline policy to an IAM user. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM instance profile associations were described AWS IAM instance profile associations were described. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Discovery
Analytics BIOC IAM instance profile was associated with EC2 instance An AWS IAM instance profile was associated with EC2 instance. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Privilege Escalation, Persistence
Analytics BIOC IAM instance profile was created An AWS IAM instance profile was created. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Privilege Escalation, Persistence
Analytics BIOC IAM instance profile was replaced for EC2 instance An AWS IAM instance profile was replaced for EC2 instance. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Privilege Escalation, Persistence
Analytics BIOC IAM policy default version was changed A cloud identity set the specified version of an AWS IAM policy as the policy's default. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM policy version was created A cloud identity created an AWS-managed IAM policy version. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM policy was attached to group A cloud identity attached an AWS IAM policy to an IAM group. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM policy was attached to role An AWS IAM policy was attached to this role. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Privilege Escalation, Persistence
Analytics BIOC IAM role trust policy modification A cloud identity updated the trust policy of an AWS IAM role. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM role was created An IAM role was created. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC IAM role-attached managed policies were listed AWS IAM managed policies that are attached to a role were listed. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Discovery
Analytics BIOC IAM User added to an IAM group An IAM user was added to an IAM group. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Privilege Escalation, Persistence
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 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 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 Mailbox enumeration activity by Azure application Microsoft Graph API was used to enumerate mailboxes in Azure tenant. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Discovery
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 Microsoft OneDrive enumeration activity The Microsoft Graph API was used to enumerate Microsoft OneDrive items. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Discovery
Analytics Microsoft OneNote enumeration activity The Microsoft Graph API was used to enumerate Microsoft OneNote items. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Discovery
Analytics Microsoft SharePoint enumeration activity The Microsoft Graph API was used to enumerate Microsoft SharePoint sites in an Azure tenant. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Discovery
Analytics Microsoft Teams enumeration activity The Microsoft Graph API was used to enumerate Microsoft Teams channels in an Azure tenant. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Discovery
Analytics BIOC Modification or Deletion of an Azure Application Gateway Detected Modification or Deletion of an Azure Application Gateway Detected. A change has been detected in an Azure Application Gateway. This may indicate unauthorized access or malicious activity. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Persistence
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 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 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 OneDrive file download A file was downloaded from OneDrive using the Microsoft Graph API. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Collection
Analytics BIOC OneDrive file upload A file was uploaded to OneDrive using Microsoft Graph API. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Resource Development
Analytics BIOC OneDrive folder creation A folder was created in OneDrive using Microsoft Graph API. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Collection
Analytics BIOC Owner was added to Azure application An Owner was added to an Azure application. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Privilege Escalation, Persistence
Analytics BIOC PIM privilege member removal A cloud identity has removed a user's privileged role within PIM. Informational Cortex Cloud 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 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 an Azure Service Principal token An Azure Service Principal token was used externally of the cloud environment. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Credential 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 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 BIOC Removal of an Azure Owner from an Application or Service Principal An Azure Owner was removed from an application or service principal. This may indicate malicious activity or unauthorized access to the application or service. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Defense Evasion
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 BIOC Soft delete of cloud storage configuration was disabled A Soft Delete configuration was disabled on a cloud storage account. Soft delete allows a deletion of a blob or a container to be restored. Disabling it will impair the ability of the cloud environment to recover in disaster scenarios. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Impact
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 access to cloud credential files A process accessed multiple cloud credential files, which may indicate a credential theft activity. Informational Cortex Cloud XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Credential Access