Suspicious curl user agent

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	Command and Control (TA0011)
ATT&CK Technique	Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001)
Severity	Informational

Description

Suspicious user agent provided to curl command.

Attacker's Goals

Impairing host defenses.

Investigative actions

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

Variations

Suspicious curl user agent from within a Kubernetes Pod

Synopsis

Field	Value
ATT&CK Tactic	Command and Control (TA0011)
ATT&CK Technique	Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001)
Severity	Low

Description

Suspicious user agent provided to curl command.

Attacker's Goals

Impairing host defenses.

Investigative actions

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