Detectors
Every Cortex detection rule the toolbox knows about — analytics alerts, BIOCs and correlation rules — in one filterable set.
91 detectors match the current filters. tactic: TA0001 ✕ technique: T1078 ✕
Download CSV| Type | Name | Severity | Module | Data source / event | ATT&CK |
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| 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 third-party application was authorized to access the Google Workspace APIs A domain administrator authorized a third-party application to access the Google Workspace APIs. This allows the application to interact with the domain user's data within the authorized scope, as specified in the API call. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Google Workspace Audit Logs | Initial Access, Privilege Escalation |
| Analytics | A user accessed multiple unusual resources via SSO A user accessed multiple resources via SSO that are unusual for this user. This may be indicative of a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Discovery, Initial Access |
| 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 account was modified to password never expires A user account was modified to password never expires. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Initial 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 observed and reported unusual activity in Okta A user observed and reported unusual activity in Okta. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Initial Access |
| 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 | Account probing A user failed to log in to multiple hosts it never accessed before in a short amount of time. This may indicate the account is compromised and an attacker is probing for a host it can access with those credentials. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| 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 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 inactive user attempted to authenticate A user with no activity in the past 30 days with the target, attempted to authenticate via universal authentication. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Initial Access | |
| Analytics BIOC | Authentication attempt by a honey user An authentication attempt was made by a honey user, a decoy account created to detect unauthorized access. This may indicate potential attacker activity attempting to use valid or stolen credentials. | Low | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| 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 root account activity The AWS root account has successfully performed an operation in the project. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | AWS STS temporary credentials were generated AWS STS temporary credentials were generated for an AWS identity. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Persistence, Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Azure storage account blob anonymous access is enabled It is possible to configure anonymous access to blobs within the storage account. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Defense Evasion, Privilege Escalation, Initial Access |
| Correlation Rule | Chrome - User Phished and/or Password Re-use/Breach event The user $xdm.source.user.username had $xdm.event.type event via $xdm.intermediate.user.username chrome profile, which resulted in $xdm.observer.action. | Medium | Platform Analytics | google_workspace_chrome_raw | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Cloud activity from a high-risk IP address An identity executed a cloud API from a high-risk IP address. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access, Command and Control |
| Analytics BIOC | Cloud impersonation attempt by unusual identity type A suspicious identity type has attempted to impersonate another identity. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First Azure AD PowerShell operation for a user A user performed an Azure AD operation using a PowerShell user-agent for the first time. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | AzureAD Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First SSO access from ASN for user A user successfully authenticated via SSO with a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Google Workspace Authentication, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First SSO access from ASN in organization An SSO authentication was made with a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Google Workspace Authentication, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First SSO Resource Access in the Organization A resource was accessed for the first time via SSO. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access, Discovery |
| Analytics BIOC | First VPN access from ASN for user A user logged in to a VPN with a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | First VPN access from ASN in organization A VPN connection was attempted from a new ASN. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | FTP Connection Using an Anonymous Login or Default Credentials An FTP connection using an anonymous login was detected. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| 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 | Granting Access to an Account Azure access has been granted to an account. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | Azure Audit Log | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| 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 | Intense SSO failures An abnormally high amount of SSO authentication attempts were seen within a short period of time. This could be the outcome of a brute-force login attempt. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Credential Access, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Interactive login by a machine account A machine account performed an interactive or remote interactive login. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Interactive login by a service account A service account performed an interactive or remote interactive login. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Interactive login from a shared user account A user account has been seen active on multiple hosts. Shared accounts are often considered 'bad practice' and may present multiple security risks to the organization. | Informational | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial 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 BIOC | Login attempt by a honey user A login attempt was made by a honey user, a decoy account created to detect unauthorized access. This may indicate potential attacker activity attempting to use valid or stolen credentials. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| 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 | Multiple risk indicators for a cloud identity Multiple risk indicators detected for a cloud identity, combining unusual activity with activity from unusual geolocation or high-risk IP. | High | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Multiple Suspicious FTP Login Attempts Multiple suspicious FTP sessions were detected, which may indicate a brute-force attempt. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall EAL Logs | Initial Access, Credential Access |
| Analytics BIOC | New FTP Server A new FTP server has been detected. | Low | Platform Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Firewall traffic Logs, XDR Agent, Third-Party Firewalls | Initial Access, Collection |
| Analytics | New Shared User Account A user account has been seen active on multiple hosts. Shared accounts are often considered 'bad practice' and may present multiple security risks to the organization. | Low | Identity Analytics | XDR Agent | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Okta account reset password attempt A user used a weak factor to reset their Okta password. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Okta account unlock Okta user account was unlocked. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Okta account unlock by admin An administrative user unlocked an Okta account. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Okta device assignment A device was assigned as an Okta MFA device to a user. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Initial Access, Persistence |
| Analytics BIOC | Okta Reported Attack Suspected Okta Threat Insight Reported Attack Suspected. | Low | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Okta Reported Threat Detected Okta Threat Insight Reported Threat Detected. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics | Possible Impossible Travel Pattern - SSO A user logged in from several countries in a short period, including at least one location that is rare for the user or organization. This suspicious activity may be a sign of credential theft. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access, Resource Development |
| Analytics BIOC | Potential Okta access limit breach A user surpassed Okta's rate limit, leading to an access limit violation. This could suggest a potential account takeover attempt. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | Okta Audit Log | Collection, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Remote usage of an AWS service token An AWS service token was used externally of the cloud environment. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Lateral Movement, Initial 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 | SSO authentication attempt by a honey user An SSO authentication attempt was made by a honey user, a decoy account created specifically to detect unauthorized access. This may indicate potential attacker activity. | Low | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO authentication by a machine account A machine account successfully authenticated via SSO. | Low | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO authentication by a service account A service account successfully authenticated via SSO. | Low | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO with abnormal operating system A user successfully authenticated via SSO with an abnormal operating system. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Okta, OneLogin | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO with abnormal user agent A user successfully authenticated via SSO with an abnormal user agent. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Okta, AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Duo, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | SSO with new operating system A user successfully authenticated via SSO with a new operating system. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Okta, Azure SignIn Log, AzureAD, Duo | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Successful universal authentication with suspicious features A universal authentication was flagged as suspicious based on anomalous features. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Initial Access | |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious API call from a Tor exit node A cloud API was called from a Tor exit node. | High | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log, Kubernetes Audit Logs | Command and Control, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious authentication with Azure Password Hash Sync user Authentication to an unusual authentication target was performed by the Azure AD Password Hash Sync user. | Medium | Identity Analytics | AzureAD | Initial Access, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious Azure AD interactive sign-in using PowerShell A user interactively logged in to Azure AD via PowerShell. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious heavy allocation of compute resources - possible mining activity An identity allocated an unusual heavy compute resource, suspected as mining activity. Heavy machines normally have a high amount of CPU cores or attached with GPU, which are targeted by adversaries to mine Cryptocurrency. | Medium | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Impact, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious MFA request reported by user in Entra ID A user has flagged an MFA request as suspicious in Microsoft Entra ID. This could indicate a potential compromised user account or unauthorized access attempt. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | AzureAD Audit Log | Persistence, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious SSO access from ASN A suspicious SSO authentication was made by a user. | Informational | Identity Analytics | AzureAD, Azure SignIn Log, Idira, Duo, Google Workspace Authentication, Okta, OneLogin, PingOne | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious SSO authentication A suspicious SSO authentication was made by a user. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Okta | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Suspicious usage of EC2 token An AWS EC2 STS token was used externally from an EC2 instance. | Low | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Credential Access, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual AWS Bedrock model access request A cloud identity requested access to an AWS Bedrock model. MITRE ATLAS Technique: AML.T0012 - Valid Accounts. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual cloud identity impersonation A cloud identity attempted to impersonate another identity for the first time. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion, Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual user account unlock A user unlocked an account. This user does not usually unlock user accounts. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Windows Event Collector, XDR Agent with eXtended Threat Hunting (XTH) | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | Unusual user-agent for a cloud identity A cloud identity has executed an API call with an unusual user-agent. | Informational | Cortex Cloud | AWS Audit Log, Azure Audit Log, Gcp Audit Log | Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, Defense Evasion |
| Analytics BIOC | User signed in to an application via Power Automate for the first time A user signed in to an application via Power Automate for the first time. This may be indicative of a compromised account. | Informational | Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection | AzureAD | Initial Access, Exfiltration |
| Analytics BIOC | VPN access with an abnormal operating system A user accessed a VPN with an abnormal operating system. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | VPN login attempt by a honey user A VPN login attempt was made by a honey user, a decoy account created specifically to detect unauthorized access. This may indicate potential attacker activity. | Low | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | VPN login by a service account A service account attempted to log in to a VPN service. | Low | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |
| Analytics BIOC | VPN login with a machine account A machine account successfully logged in to a VPN service. | Informational | Identity Analytics | Palo Alto Networks Global Protect, Third-Party VPNs | Initial Access |