A Kubernetes service account was created or deleted

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	5 Days
Required Data	Requires one of the following data sources: AWS Audit Log OR Azure Audit Log OR Gcp Audit Log OR Kubernetes Audit Logs
Detection Modules	Cloud
Detector Tags	Kubernetes - API
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts (T1078)
Severity	Informational

Description

A Kubernetes service account was created or deleted.

Attacker's Goals

• Maintain persistence using a valid service account.

Investigative actions

• Check which changes were made to the Kubernetes service account.

Variations

A Kubernetes service account was created or deleted in a default namespace

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003)
ATT&CK Technique	Valid Accounts (T1078)
Severity	Informational

Description

A Kubernetes service account was created or deleted.

Attacker's Goals

• Maintain persistence using a valid service account.

Investigative actions

• Check which changes were made to the Kubernetes service account.