Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
1677 detectors match the current filters.
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| BIOC | 64-bit PowerShell spawning a 32-bit PowerShell Malware typically spawns 32-bit processes to work on as many hosts as possible. This case is therefore suspicious when it happens on a 64-bit host. | Low | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Execution |
| BIOC | 7z.exe execution with password protection parameters 7z.exe was executed with parameters indicating password protection of the output file. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Collection |
| 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 browser extension was installed or loaded in an uncommon way A browser extension was installed or loaded in an uncommon way. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A browser was opened in private mode A browser was opened in private mode, which may indicate an attempt to cover tracks. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR) | XDR Agent | Defense Evasion |
| 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 commonly abused process connected to a rare cloud resource A commonly abused process connected to a rare cloud resource. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A commonly abused process connected to a rare external host A commonly abused process connected to a rare external host. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A compiled HTML help file wrote a script file to the disk A compiled HTML help file wrote a script file to the disk. Compiled HTLM help files usually don't write script files to the disk. This behavior is often employed by malware that leverages malicious CHM files to deliver a 2nd stage payload. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A compressed file was exfiltrated over SSH Exfiltration of a compressed file over SSH. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Exfiltration |
| Analytics | A compromised process accessed a rare cloud resource A compromised process accessed a rare cloud resource. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Command and Control |
| Analytics | A compromised process accessed a rare external host A compromised process accessed a rare external host. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Command and Control |
| 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 computer account was promoted to DC A computer account was promoted to a domain controller via a User Account Control (UAC) change. | Low | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A contained executable from a mounted share initiated a suspicious outbound network connection A contained executable from a mounted share initiated a suspicious outbound network connection. Running binaries from a mounted share is highly dangerous and not typical. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A contained executable was executed by an unusual process A Docker-contained executable from a mounted share was executed on a host. Running a contained executable is highly dangerous and atypical. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Privilege Escalation, Persistence |
| Analytics | A contained process attempted to escape using the 'notify on release' feature A contained process attempted to escape the host by leveraging the Docker's 'notify on release' feature. The calling process modified relevant files that might trigger a command on the host. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| 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 disabled user attempted to authenticate via SSO A disabled user attempted to authenticate via SSO. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A disabled user attempted to log in A disabled user attempted to log in. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A disabled user attempted to log in to a VPN A disabled user attempted to log in suspiciously to a VPN. | Low | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A domain was added to the trusted domains list A domain was added to the Google Workspace trusted domains list. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Defense Evasion |
| 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 GCP service account was delegated domain-wide authority in Google Workspace A Google Workspace admin has enabled domain-wide delegation to a GCP service account. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A Google Workspace identity created, assigned or modified a role A Google Workspace identity created, assigned or modified a delegated admin role. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A Google Workspace identity performed an unusual admin console activity A Google Workspace identity performed an admin console activity for the first time. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A Google Workspace identity used the security investigation tool A Google Workspace identity used the security investigation tool The Google Workspace security investigation tool can be abused to access sensitive data. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Collection |
| Analytics BIOC | A Google Workspace Role privilege was deleted A privilege was removed from a Google Workspace Role, This could potentially affect the access to services and data in the organization. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A Google Workspace service was configured as unrestricted An identity configured a Google Workspace service as unrestricted Apps configured with a trusted or limited access setting can access data for unrestricted services. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A Google Workspace user was added to a group A user added another user to a Google Workspace group. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A Google Workspace user was removed from a group A user removed another user from a Google Workspace group. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Impact |
| 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 LOLBIN was copied to a different location To evade detection, attackers may copy a LOLBIN executable to a different location. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A machine certificate was issued with a mismatch A machine certificate was issued with a mismatch between the requester and the subject. | Medium | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A mail forwarding rule was configured in Google Workspace A rule was set up to forward emails outside the Google Workspace domain. | Medium | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Collection, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | A Microsoft Teams application was installed A Microsoft Teams application was installed. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Office 365 Audit | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A Microsoft Teams bot was added to a team A user added a bot to a team in Microsoft Teams. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Office 365 Audit | Persistence |
| 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 | A new machine attempted Kerberos delegation A newly created machine attempted to perform a Kerberos delegation. This suspicious activity might indicate a Kerberos relay attack. | Medium | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Privilege Escalation |
| 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 non-browser process accessed a website UI An uncommon network communication between a non-browser process and a website UI. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Url Logs | Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A Possible crypto miner was detected on a host The host produced traffic consistent with the crypto mining. | Medium | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A possible risky login to Azure A risky sign-in attempt was observed in Azure. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD | Initial Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | A process connected to a rare cloud resource A process connected to a rare cloud resource. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Command and Control, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | A process connected to a rare external host A process connected to an external host name or directly to an IP address, which is rarely connected to from the organization. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A process connected to rare external host A process connected to a rare external host. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A process is masquerading as a common Microsoft product An attacker might leverage common Microsoft software image names to run malicious processes without being caught. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A process modified an SSH authorized_keys file A process modified an SSH authorized_keys file, which is used in SSH authentication. An attack can add or remove an SSH key to gain access to a targeted host. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | A process queried the ADFS database decryption key via LDAP A process queried the ADFS database decryption key (DKM key) via LDAP. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A process was executed with a command line obfuscated by Unicode character substitution A process was executed with a command line obfuscated by Unicode character substitution. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A rare DLL, signed by an uncommon vendor, was hijacked into a Microsoft process A signed DLL was loaded into a Microsoft-signed process. This DLL hash and signature vendor are rare, which might indicate an attacker performing DLL hijacking. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A rare file path was added to the AppInit_DLLs registry value A rare file path was added to AppInit_DLLs registry value. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Persistence, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics BIOC | A rare FTP user has been detected on an existing FTP server A rare or new FTP user has been detected on an existing FTP server. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs | Initial Access, Collection |
| Analytics BIOC | A rare local administrator login A rare local administrator login was observed. This may indicate an attempt to change sensitive settings on the host. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A remote service was created via RPC over SMB A remote service was created via RPC over SMB. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Lateral Movement, Execution |
| BIOC | A scripting engine was called to run in command line Scripting engines that are called to run in command line are used by attackers to run a script payload without a UI. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Execution |
| 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 service was disabled A service was disabled abnormally. This may be performed by malicious actors in an attempt to evade detection or limit functionality. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Impact |
| Analytics BIOC | A Successful login from TOR A successful login from a TOR exit node. | High | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access, Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A successful SSO sign-in from TOR A successful sign-in from a TOR exit node. | High | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access, Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A Successful VPN connection from TOR A successful VPN connection from a TOR exit node. | High | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access, Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | A suspicious direct syscall was executed A suspicious direct syscall was executed. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Execution |
| Analytics BIOC | A suspicious executable with multiple file extensions was created An executable file with multiple extensions was created. This technique is frequently used to disguise malware as user content. | Medium | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Execution, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | A suspicious process enrolled for a certificate A suspicious process enrolled for a certificate. | Low | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | A suspicious process queried AD CS objects via LDAP A suspicious process queried AD CS objects via LDAP. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery, Credential Access |