Detectors

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

75 detectors match the current filters. technique: T1098 ✕

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Type Name Severity Module Data source / event ATT&CK
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 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 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 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 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 user accessed Okta's admin application An attempt to access Okta's admin management application. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Okta Audit Log Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC A user certificate was issued with a mismatch A certificate was issued to a user who was not the requester, this may indicate a certificate manipulation. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Credential Access
Analytics BIOC A user enabled a default local account A user enabled a default local account. Enabling a default account may pose a security risk, as they are often exploited by attackers. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Initial Access, Persistence
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 A user logged on to multiple workstations via Schannel A user logged on to multiple workstations with a certificate via Schannel. This may be indicative of a compromised account. Informational Identity Analytics XDR Agent Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Credential Access
Analytics BIOC A user was added to a Windows security group A user was added to a Windows security group. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Persistence, Privilege Escalation
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 unknown account was invited to the AWS organization An unknown account was invited to your AWS organization. The target account was not seen in your tenant for the last 30 days. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC AWS console login without MFA An identity logged in to the AWS console without MFA. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Initial Access, Persistence, Credential Access
Analytics BIOC AWS support case creation A cloud identity has created a new case in AWS support. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log Discovery, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC Azure account creation by a non-standard account An Azure AD account creation was performed by a user that doesn't typically create users. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection AzureAD Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure application credentials added An identity added credentials to an Azure application. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection AzureAD Audit Log Defense Evasion, Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure application URI modification An identity added or updated an Azure application's URI. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection AzureAD Audit Log Defense Evasion, Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure Automation Webhook creation Azure Automation Webhook can be used to pass a payload with specific attributes to run a malicious Runbook. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure device code authentication flow used An Azure AD login was performed with device code flow. Informational Identity Analytics Azure Audit Log Defense Evasion, Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure group creation/deletion A group in Azure was created or deleted. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure permission delegation granted An identity delegated permissions to access a certain resource or application. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure Service principal/Application creation An Azure Service principal/Application was created. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure user creation/deletion A user in Azure was created or deleted. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure user password reset The password of an Azure AD user was reset. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Persistence
Analytics BIOC Azure VM extension abuse attempt A suspicious Azure VM extension operation was detected. Attackers can use CustomScriptExtension to execute arbitrary scripts on VMs, VMAccessExtension to reset local passwords for persistence, or delete the IaaSAntimalware extension to disable antimalware protection and evade detection. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log Execution, Persistence, Defense Evasion
Analytics BIOC Cloud access key creation Cloud access key creation by a cloud identity. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC Credentials were added to Azure application Credentials were added to an Azure application. Informational Cortex Cloud Azure Audit Log, Microsoft Graph Logs Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics Exchange mailbox delegation permissions added A user added delegation permissions to an Exchange mailbox. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection, Email Security Office 365 Audit Persistence
Analytics BIOC Exchange mailbox folder permission modification A user modified permissions to an Exchange mailbox folder. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection, Email Security Office 365 Audit Persistence
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 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 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 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 Google Workspace organizational unit was modified A Google Workspace admin modified an organizational unit. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Google Workspace Audit Logs Persistence
Analytics BIOC Google Workspace user authentication information changed Google Workspace authentication information was changed for a user. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Google Workspace Audit Logs Credential Access, Persistence
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 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 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 BIOC Identity assigned an Azure AD Administrator Role An identity was assigned an Azure AD Administrator role. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection AzureAD Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC Member added to a Windows local security group A member was added to a Windows local security group. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC New Teams application published to the organization catalog A new Teams application was published to the organization catalog. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Office 365 Audit Persistence
Analytics BIOC Okta admin privilege assignment A user assigned admin privileges to a new user or group. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Okta Audit Log Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC Okta API Token Created A user created a new API token in Okta. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Okta Audit Log Privilege Escalation, Execution, Persistence
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 Possible Privilege Escalation using Delegated MSA account An attacker might abuse dMSA account to escalate its privileges. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Privilege Escalation
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 SharePoint Site Collection admin group addition A user made an addition to the site collection administrators group in SharePoint. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Office 365 Audit Persistence
Analytics BIOC Suspicious cloud compute instance SSH keys modification attempt An identity attempted to modify the SSH keys of a single compute instance. This may indicate an attacker's attempt to maintain persistence on the cloud instance. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Lateral Movement
Analytics BIOC Unusual Identity and Access Management (IAM) activity A cloud identity performed an unusual IAM operation. Informational Cortex Cloud AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log Persistence, Privilege Escalation
Analytics BIOC Unusual user account enablement A user enabled an account. This user does not usually enable user accounts. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Persistence
Analytics BIOC Unverified domain added to Azure AD A new unverified domain was added to Azure AD. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection AzureAD Audit Log Persistence
Analytics BIOC User account delegation change A user account was modified with delegation to a service. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Persistence
Analytics BIOC User added a new device to Okta Verify instance The user has successfully registered a new device with the Okta Verify application. Informational Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection Okta Audit Log Persistence
Analytics User added to a group and removed A user was added to an Active Directory group and removed within a short period of time, which may be a sign of compromise. Informational Identity Analytics Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) Persistence, Privilege Escalation