Suspicious container reconnaissance activity in a Kubernetes pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	10 Minutes
Deduplication Period	1 Day
Required Data	XDR Agent
Detector Tags	Kubernetes - AGENT, Containers
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote System Discovery (T1018), System Information Discovery (T1082), System Network Configuration Discovery (T1016), System Service Discovery (T1007), Container and Resource Discovery (T1613)
Severity	Informational

Description

A process performed multiple consecutive container discovery commands from within a Kubernetes Pod.

Attacker's Goals

Collect information about the host, network and user configuration for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the script or process initiating the discovery commands is benign.
• Verify that this isn't sanctioned IT activity.
• Look for other hosts executing similar commands.

Variations

Suspicious container reconnaissance activity in a Kubernetes pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote System Discovery (T1018), System Information Discovery (T1082), System Network Configuration Discovery (T1016), System Service Discovery (T1007), Container and Resource Discovery (T1613)
Severity	Medium

Description

A process performed multiple consecutive container discovery commands from within a Kubernetes Pod.

Attacker's Goals

Collect information about the host, network and user configuration for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the script or process initiating the discovery commands is benign.
• Verify that this isn't sanctioned IT activity.
• Look for other hosts executing similar commands.

Suspicious container reconnaissance activity in a Kubernetes pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Remote System Discovery (T1018), System Information Discovery (T1082), System Network Configuration Discovery (T1016), System Service Discovery (T1007), Container and Resource Discovery (T1613)
Severity	Low

Description

A process performed multiple consecutive container discovery commands from within a Kubernetes Pod.

Attacker's Goals

Collect information about the host, network and user configuration for lateral movement and privilege escalation.

Investigative actions

• Verify if the script or process initiating the discovery commands is benign.
• Verify that this isn't sanctioned IT activity.
• Look for other hosts executing similar commands.