Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
133 detectors match the current filters. tactic: TA0007 ✕
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| Analytics BIOC | Security tools detection attempt A script has executed commands that can be used to detect security tools. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Defense Evasion, Discovery |
| BIOC | Shared resource management discovery using wmic.exe Attackers may use wmic.exe to discover shared resource management information. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery, Execution |
| BIOC | SMB enumeration via command-line tool Attackers may use SMB enumeration to retrieve information about network shares, printers, and other resources. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery |
| 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 |
| BIOC | Sudoers discovery Attackers may enumerate the sudoers file or use the 'sudo -l' command to discover user privileges. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery, Privilege Escalation |
| BIOC | Suspicious access to /etc/shadow Attackers may enumerate or modify user accounts by accessing the /etc/shadow file. | Informational | Platform Analytics | File | Discovery |
| Analytics | Suspicious container reconnaissance activity in a Kubernetes pod A process performed multiple consecutive container discovery commands from within a Kubernetes Pod. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious PowerShell Enumeration of Running Processes Attackers often enumerate running processes to find and disable security tools. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery |
| Analytics | Suspicious reconnaissance using LDAP A process executed multiple suspicious LDAP search queries. This may be indicative of LDAP enumeration. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious usage of Microsoft's Active Directory PowerShell module remote discovery cmdlet An attacker may use one of Microsoft's Active Directory PowerShell module remote discovery cmdlet to reconnaissance the network. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| BIOC | System information discovery System information discovery using one of these bash utilities - lshw -short, uptime, uname -a. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery |
| BIOC | System network configuration discovery System network configuration discovery using Linux command-line utilities. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery |
| BIOC | System owner/user discovery System owner/user discovery using bash utilities. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | System profiling WMI query execution Attackers or malware may use WMI queries to identify the system and evade execution in sandbox environments. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Execution, Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon access to /etc/passwd A process made an uncommon attempt to access /etc/passwd. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon attempt at discovering a sensitive file A process made an uncommon attempt to access a file that may contain sensitive information. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon attempt at grabbing credentials from a sensitive file A process made an uncommon attempt to access a file that may contain sensitive information. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Credential Access, Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon net group command execution Uncommon net group command execution which may be used for groups and users enumeration and unauthorized user creation. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon net localgroup command execution Uncommon net localgroup command execution which may be used for group and user enumeration and unauthorized user creation. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Uncommon user management via net.exe The net.exe command is used to add, delete, and otherwise manage the users on a computer. Adversaries may attempt to use the command to discover or add local and domain user accounts. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Discovery, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual access to Microsoft 365 storage services Unusual access was detected to a Microsoft 365 storage service. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AWS systems manager activity A cloud identity performed an SSM operation for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Discovery, Lateral Movement |
| 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 internal access to network device management interface Unusual internal access to Palo Alto Networks device on management port. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Lateral Movement, Discovery |
| Analytics | Unusual multi-region AWS Resource Explorer searches An identity performed unusual discovery activity in multiple regions using Resource Explorer's Search operation. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual resource access by Azure application An Azure application had interacted with an unusual resource using the Microsoft Graph API. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs | Discovery |
| Analytics | User and Group Enumeration via SAMR The endpoint performed unfamiliar SAMR querying activity to a domain controller. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | User discovery via WMI query execution Attackers or malware may use WMI queries to list the users of a host, and potentially its owner. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Execution, Discovery |
| BIOC | VirtualBox enumeration VBoxManage can be used to enumerate local VirtualBox machines. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | VM Detection attempt A script has executed commands that can be used to detect VM environments. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Defense Evasion, Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | VM Detection attempt on Linux A Process executed a command and/or accessed a file that can be used to detect VM environments. | Informational | Platform Analytics | XDR Agent | Defense Evasion, Discovery |
| BIOC | VMware enumeration attempt An attacker may check for virtualization by searching for local vmx (VMware configuration) files. | Informational | Platform Analytics | Process execution | Discovery |
| BIOC | Write to /etc/hosts file An attacker may add an entry to the hosts file, so they can route traffic to the added IP. | Informational | Platform Analytics | File | Discovery |