An uncommon service was started

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent
Detector Tags	Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003), Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Create or Modify System Process: Systemd Service (T1543.002)
Severity	Low

Description

An uncommon service was started using systemctl or service processes.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may create systemd services to run malicious payloads.

Investigative actions

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.

Variations

An uncommon service was started in a Kubernetes pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003), Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Create or Modify System Process: Systemd Service (T1543.002)
Severity	Low

Description

An uncommon service was started using systemctl or service processes.

Attacker's Goals

Attackers may create systemd services to run malicious payloads.

Investigative actions

Check whether the executing process is benign and if this was a desired behavior as part of its normal execution flow.