> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-analytics-content-releases/cortex-analytics-content-release-notes/2026-01-07.md).

# 2026.01.07

### Release date: 25-January-2026

### Summary

#### Added

* **4 Detectors:** 1 Low, 3 Informational
* **7 Variations:** 1 High, 2 Medium, 4 Low

#### Removed

* **1 Detector:** 1 Informational
* **5 Variations:** 2 Medium, 3 Low

#### Modified Logic

* **157 Detectors:** 3 Medium, 16 Low, 138 Informational
* **19 Variations:** 6 Medium, 5 Low, 8 Informational

#### Modified Metadata

* **1 Detector:** 1 Informational
* **1 Variation:** 1 Low

#### Temporarily Removed

* **1 Detector:** 1 Informational
* **6 Variations:** 6 Informational

### Added

* \[Informational] [Unsigned DLL Side-Loading](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unsigned-dll-side-loading)
  * \[High] DLL Side-Loading of module bearing an invalid Microsoft signature
  * \[Medium] Unsigned DLL Side-Loading to a signed microsoft process by a rare causality actor
  * \[Low] Unsigned DLL Side-Loading - DLL downloaded from an uncommon source
  * \[Low] Unsigned DLL Side-Loading to a signed microsoft process
  * \[Low] Unsigned high entropy DLL Side-Loading by untrusted causality actor
* \[Low] [Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of another account](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-account-attribute-modification-that-matches-that-of-another-account)
  * \[Medium] Suspicious account attribute modification that matches that of a sensitive machine account
* \[Informational] [Possible Kerberos User Enumeration](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-kerberos-user-enumeration)
  * \[Low] Possible Kerberos User Enumeration Involving Exposed Users
* \[Informational] [Web server CGO executed a process following a potential Webshell dropped](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/web-server-cgo-executed-a-process-following-a-potential-webshell-dropped)

### Removed

* \[Informational] Possible DLL Side-Loading
  * \[Medium] Possible DLL Side-Loading - DLL downloaded from an uncommon source
  * \[Medium] Possible DLL Side-Loading of a module with highly suspicious characteristics
  * \[Low] Globally Uncommon DLL Side-Loading
  * \[Low] Possible DLL Side-Loading by a known actor in the organization
  * \[Low] Possible DLL Side-Loading of a module with suspicious characteristics

### Modified Logic

* \[Medium] [A cloud storage object was copied to a foreign cloud account](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-storage-object-was-copied-to-a-foreign-cloud-account)
* \[Medium] [Cloud snapshot of a database or storage instance was publicly shared](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-snapshot-of-a-database-or-storage-instance-was-publicly-shared)
* \[Low] [LOLBIN process executed with a high integrity level](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/lolbin-process-executed-with-a-high-integrity-level)
  * \[Medium] LOLBIN process executed with a high integrity level by a web server process or CGO - Modified Logic
* \[Low] [Multiple discovery commands](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/multiple-discovery-commands)
  * \[Medium] Multiple discovery commands from a web server CGO - Modified Logic
* \[Low] [Possible external RDP Brute-Force](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-external-rdp-brute-force)
  * \[Medium] Possible external RDP Brute-Force on a Honey User Account - Modified Metadata
* \[Medium] [Possible new DHCP server](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-new-dhcp-server)
* \[Informational] [Uncommon attempt at discovering a sensitive file](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-attempt-at-discovering-a-sensitive-file)
  * \[Medium] Uncommon attempt at discovering a sensitive file by a potentially known credential dumper or enumeration script - Modified Logic
  * \[Informational] Uncommon attempt at discovering /etc/passwd - Removed
* \[Informational] [Uncommon attempt at grabbing credentials from a sensitive file](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-attempt-at-grabbing-credentials-from-a-sensitive-file)
  * \[Medium] Uncommon attempt at grabbing credentials from a sensitive file by a potentially known credential dumper or enumeration script - Modified Logic
* \[Informational] [Uncommon net localgroup command execution](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-net-localgroup-command-execution)
  * \[Medium] Uncommon net localgroup administrators command execution by a web server process or CGO - Modified Logic
* \[Low] [A Backup vault policy was modified](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-backup-vault-policy-was-modified)
* \[Low] [A compromised process accessed a rare external host](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-compromised-process-accessed-a-rare-external-host)
* \[Low] [AWS S3 bucket was exposed to public access](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-s3-bucket-was-exposed-to-public-access)
* \[Low] [AWS data asset shared public](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-data-asset-shared-public)
* \[Informational] [An Azure application reached a throttling API rate](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-azure-application-reached-a-throttling-api-rate)
  * \[Low] An Azure application reached an unusual throttling API rate - Modified Logic
  * \[Informational] An Azure application reached an unusual throttling API rate - Modified Logic
* \[Low] [An RDS snapshot was exported to an unknown S3 bucket](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-rds-snapshot-was-exported-to-an-unknown-s3-bucket)
* \[Low] [Email was received from an unknown sender using a disposable domain](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/email-was-received-from-an-unknown-sender-using-a-disposable-domain)
* \[Low] [GCP data asset shared public](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/gcp-data-asset-shared-public)
* \[Informational] [Member added to a Windows local security group](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/member-added-to-a-windows-local-security-group)
  * \[Low] User added to the Windows local Administrator group - Modified Logic
* \[Low] [Microsoft 365 storage services exfiltration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/microsoft-365-storage-services-exfiltration-activity)
* \[Low] [Possible webshell file written by a web server process](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-webshell-file-written-by-a-web-server-process)
* \[Informational] [Privileged role used by Azure application](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/privileged-role-used-by-azure-application)
  * \[Low] First-time privileged role is used by Azure application - Modified Logic
* \[Low] [Risk indicators detected in email](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Low] [Suspicious activity on logging bucket](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-activity-on-logging-bucket)
* \[Low] [Suspicious identity downloaded multiple objects from a bucket](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-identity-downloaded-multiple-objects-from-a-bucket)
* \[Low] [Unusual cross projects activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-cross-projects-activity)
* \[Informational] [User installed an application in Microsoft Teams via Graph API](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/user-installed-an-application-in-microsoft-teams-via-graph-api)
  * \[Low] User installed an application in Microsoft Teams via Graph API from a first seen ASN - Modified Metadata
* \[Informational] [User sent messages in Microsoft Teams to multiple conversations via Graph API](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/user-sent-messages-in-microsoft-teams-to-multiple-conversations-via-graph-api)
  * \[Low] User sent messages in Microsoft Teams to several conversations via Graph API with suspicious characteristics - Modified Metadata
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes ConfigMap was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-configmap-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes Cronjob was created](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-cronjob-was-created)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes cluster role binding was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-cluster-role-binding-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes cluster was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-cluster-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes ephemeral container was created](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-ephemeral-container-was-created)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes namespace was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-namespace-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes role binding was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-role-binding-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes secret was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-secret-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes service account was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-service-account-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A Kubernetes service was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-kubernetes-service-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [A cloud identity created or modified a security group](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-identity-created-or-modified-a-security-group)
* \[Informational] [A cloud identity executed an API call from an unusual country](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-identity-executed-an-api-call-from-an-unusual-country)
* \[Informational] [A cloud identity had escalated its permissions](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-identity-had-escalated-its-permissions)
* \[Informational] [A cloud identity invoked IAM related persistence operations](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-identity-invoked-iam-related-persistence-operations)
* \[Informational] [A cloud identity started a Cloud Shell session](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-identity-started-a-cloud-shell-session)
* \[Informational] [A cloud instance was stopped](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-instance-was-stopped)
* \[Informational] [A cloud snapshot of AWS database or storage was modified or shared](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-cloud-snapshot-of-aws-database-or-storage-was-modified-or-shared)
* \[Informational] [A compromised process accessed a rare cloud resource](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-compromised-process-accessed-a-rare-cloud-resource)
* \[Informational] [A container registry was created or deleted](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/a-container-registry-was-created-or-deleted)
* \[Informational] [AWS Backup recovery point deletion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-backup-recovery-point-deletion)
* \[Informational] [AWS EBS enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-ebs-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [AWS EBS snapshot deletion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-ebs-snapshot-deletion)
* \[Informational] [AWS EC2 infrastructure enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-ec2-infrastructure-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [AWS Flow Logs deletion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-flow-logs-deletion)
* \[Informational] [AWS Lambda infrastructure enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-lambda-infrastructure-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [AWS S3 Buckets enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-s3-buckets-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [AWS S3 object deletion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Informational] [AWS SSM parameters discovery](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-ssm-parameters-discovery)
* \[Informational] [AWS SSM parameters retrieval](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-ssm-parameters-retrieval)
* \[Informational] [AWS Secrets Manager Access](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Informational] [AWS Secrets Manager discovery](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-secrets-manager-discovery)
* \[Informational] [AWS Storage Gateway enumeration](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-storage-gateway-enumeration)
* \[Informational] [AWS Storage Gateway file share enumeration](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-storage-gateway-file-share-enumeration)
* \[Informational] [AWS Transfer Family server created](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-transfer-family-server-created)
* \[Informational] [Activity in a dormant region of a cloud project](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Informational] [An Azure identity performed multiple actions that were denied](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-azure-identity-performed-multiple-actions-that-were-denied)
* \[Informational] [An EBS snapshot block was downloaded](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-ebs-snapshot-block-was-downloaded)
* \[Informational] [An identity accessed a backup cloud storage](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-identity-accessed-a-backup-cloud-storage)
* \[Informational] [An identity accessed a cloud storage for the first time](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-identity-accessed-a-cloud-storage-for-the-first-time)
* \[Informational] [An identity accessed cloud storage containing sensitive data](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Informational] [An identity attached an administrative policy to an IAM user or role](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-identity-attached-an-administrative-policy-to-an-iam-user-or-role)
* \[Informational] [An identity initiated a download of multiple cloud objects](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-identity-initiated-a-download-of-multiple-cloud-objects)
* \[Informational] [An identity performed a suspicious download of multiple cloud storage objects](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-identity-performed-a-suspicious-download-of-multiple-cloud-storage-objects)
* \[Informational] [An unknown account was invited to the AWS organization](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-unknown-account-was-invited-to-the-aws-organization)
* \[Informational] [An unusual cloud identity was granted permissions to a BigQuery resource](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-unusual-cloud-identity-was-granted-permissions-to-a-bigquery-resource)
* \[Informational] [An unusual read activity of cloud object](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-unusual-read-activity-of-cloud-object)
* \[Informational] [Azure enumeration activity using Microsoft Graph API](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/azure-enumeration-activity-using-microsoft-graph-api)
* \[Informational] [Azure storage account blob anonymous access is enabled](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/azure-storage-account-blob-anonymous-access-is-enabled)
* \[Informational] [Azure storage account was publicly shared](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/azure-storage-account-was-publicly-shared)
* \[Informational] [BigQuery table or query results exfiltrated to a foreign project](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/bigquery-table-or-query-results-exfiltrated-to-a-foreign-project)
* \[Informational] [Bucket's block public access setting turned off](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/bucket-s-block-public-access-setting-turned-off)
* \[Informational] [Bucket's object ownership controls were modified](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/bucket-s-object-ownership-controls-were-modified)
* \[Informational] [Cloud access key creation](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-access-key-creation)
* \[Informational] [Cloud compute instance user data script modification](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-compute-instance-user-data-script-modification)
* \[Informational] [Cloud compute serial console access](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-compute-serial-console-access)
* \[Informational] [Cloud compute volume creation attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-compute-volume-creation-attempt)
* \[Informational] [Cloud email infrastructure enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-email-infrastructure-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Cloud identity reached a throttling API rate](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-identity-reached-a-throttling-api-rate)
* \[Informational] [Cloud impersonation attempt by unusual identity type](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-impersonation-attempt-by-unusual-identity-type)
  * \[Informational] Cloud impersonation attempt of a management role by unusual identity type - Modified Logic
* \[Informational] [Cloud infrastructure enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-infrastructure-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Cloud instance creation attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-instance-creation-attempt)
* \[Informational] [Cloud instance deletion attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-instance-deletion-attempt)
* \[Informational] [Cloud snapshot created or modified](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloud-snapshot-created-or-modified)
* \[Informational] [CloudTrail logging deletion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/cloudtrail-logging-deletion)
* \[Informational] [Data encryption was disabled](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/data-encryption-was-disabled)
* \[Informational] [Deletion of multiple cloud resources](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/deletion-of-multiple-cloud-resources)
* \[Informational] [EBS volume attachment attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ebs-volume-attachment-attempt)
* \[Informational] [EBS volume detachment attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ebs-volume-detachment-attempt)
* \[Informational] [EC2 instance Amazon machine image was created](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ec2-instance-amazon-machine-image-was-created)
* \[Informational] [Email containing a redirected link](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/email-containing-a-redirected-link)
* \[Informational] [Email has a short body or subject and was sent from an external source](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
  * \[Informational] Email has empty body and subject and was sent from an external source - Modified Logic
  * \[Informational] Email has empty body or subject and was sent from an external source - Modified Logic
* \[Informational] [Email mimics replies or forwards without an actual ongoing conversation](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/email-mimics-replies-or-forwards-without-an-actual-ongoing-conversation)
* \[Informational] [Email was received from an unknown address using a public provider domain](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/email-was-received-from-an-unknown-address-using-a-public-provider-domain)
* \[Informational] [Email was received from an unknown sender using a recognized domain](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Informational] [External email display name impersonation of internal personnel](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/external-email-display-name-impersonation-of-internal-personnel)
* \[Informational] [External user added a link to a Microsoft Teams chat](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/external-user-added-a-link-to-a-microsoft-teams-chat)
* \[Informational] [Foreign account was granted permissions to S3 bucket via resource-based policy](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/foreign-account-was-granted-permissions-to-s3-bucket-via-resource-based-policy)
* \[Informational] [GCP logging sink modification](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/gcp-logging-sink-modification)
* \[Informational] [IAM Enumeration sequence](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-enumeration-sequence)
* \[Informational] [IAM User added to an IAM group](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-user-added-to-an-iam-group)
* \[Informational] [IAM inline policy was added to group](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-inline-policy-was-added-to-group)
* \[Informational] [IAM inline policy was added to role](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-inline-policy-was-added-to-role)
* \[Informational] [IAM inline policy was added to user](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-inline-policy-was-added-to-user)
* \[Informational] [IAM instance profile associations were described](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-instance-profile-associations-were-described)
* \[Informational] [IAM instance profile was associated with EC2 instance](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-instance-profile-was-associated-with-ec2-instance)
* \[Informational] [IAM instance profile was created](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-instance-profile-was-created)
* \[Informational] [IAM instance profile was replaced for EC2 instance](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-instance-profile-was-replaced-for-ec2-instance)
* \[Informational] [IAM instance profiles were listed](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Informational] [IAM policy default version was changed](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-policy-default-version-was-changed)
* \[Informational] [IAM policy version was created](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-policy-version-was-created)
* \[Informational] [IAM policy was attached to group](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-policy-was-attached-to-group)
* \[Informational] [IAM policy was attached to role](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-policy-was-attached-to-role)
* \[Informational] [IAM role trust policy modification](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-role-trust-policy-modification)
* \[Informational] [IAM role was created](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-role-was-created)
* \[Informational] [IAM role-attached managed policies were listed](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/iam-role-attached-managed-policies-were-listed)
* \[Informational] [Kubernetes cluster events deletion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/kubernetes-cluster-events-deletion)
* \[Informational] [Kubernetes enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/kubernetes-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Kubernetes network policy modification](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/kubernetes-network-policy-modification)
* \[Informational] [Log enumeration via cloud native logging service](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/log-enumeration-via-cloud-native-logging-service)
* \[Informational] [Mailbox enumeration activity by Azure application](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/mailbox-enumeration-activity-by-azure-application)
* \[Informational] [Microsoft OneDrive enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/microsoft-onedrive-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Microsoft OneNote enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/microsoft-onenote-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Microsoft SharePoint enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/microsoft-sharepoint-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Microsoft Teams enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/microsoft-teams-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Multi region enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/multi-region-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Multiple failed logins from a single IP](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/multiple-failed-logins-from-a-single-ip)
* \[Informational] [Network sniffing detected in Cloud environment](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/network-sniffing-detected-in-cloud-environment)
* \[Informational] [Numerous emails sent by a single sender to multiple internal recipients](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/numerous-emails-sent-by-a-single-sender-to-multiple-internal-recipients)
* \[Informational] [Possible authentication coercion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-authentication-coercion)
* \[Informational] [Potential creation of persistent cloud credentials](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/potential-creation-of-persistent-cloud-credentials)
* \[Informational] [Retrieval of cloud compute EC2 instance user data](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/retrieval-of-cloud-compute-ec2-instance-user-data)
* \[Informational] [Serial console access was enabled in AWS account](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/serial-console-access-was-enabled-in-aws-account)
* \[Informational] [Storage enumeration activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/storage-enumeration-activity)
* \[Informational] [Suspicious DKIM Result](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-dkim-result)
  * \[Informational] DKIM results lacking sender correlation - Modified Logic
  * \[Informational] Known domain DKIM deviation - Modified Logic
* \[Informational] [Suspicious Unicode character detected in email](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-unicode-character-detected-in-email)
* \[Informational] [Suspicious secrets dump activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-secrets-dump-activity)
* \[Informational] [Uncommon increase in Azure Microsoft Graph API request sizes](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-increase-in-azure-microsoft-graph-api-request-sizes)
* \[Informational] [Unpopular URL(s) detected in email](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/)
* \[Informational] [Unrecognized internal address (AAD mismatch)](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unrecognized-internal-address-aad-mismatch)
* \[Informational] [Unusual AWS CLI/SDK activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-aws-cli-sdk-activity)
* \[Informational] [Unusual AWS systems manager activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-aws-systems-manager-activity)
* \[Informational] [Unusual Identity and Access Management (IAM) activity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-identity-and-access-management-iam-activity)
* \[Informational] [Unusual Kubernetes secret access](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-kubernetes-secret-access)
* \[Informational] [Unusual access to Microsoft 365 storage services](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-access-to-microsoft-365-storage-services)
* \[Informational] [Unusual cloud identity impersonation](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-cloud-identity-impersonation)
  * \[Informational] Unusual cloud identity impersonation of a management role - Modified Logic
* \[Informational] [Unusual display name in From header](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-display-name-in-from-header)
* \[Informational] [Unusual hostname for the sending mail server in the email headers](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-hostname-for-the-sending-mail-server-in-the-email-headers)
* \[Informational] [Unusual resource modification by newly seen IAM user](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-resource-modification-by-newly-seen-iam-user)
* \[Informational] [Unusual user-agent for a cloud identity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-user-agent-for-a-cloud-identity)
* \[Informational] [Well-known brand in sender headers with header inconsistencies](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/well-known-brand-in-sender-headers-with-header-inconsistencies)

### Modified Metadata

* \[Informational] [VPN login Brute-Force attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/vpn-login-brute-force-attempt)
  * \[Low] VPN login brute-force attempt with suspicious characteristics - Modified Metadata

### Temporarily Removed

* \[Informational] Abnormal Communication to a Rare IP
  * \[Informational] Abnormal Communication to a Rare IP From an Unmanaged Host
  * \[Informational] Abnormal Communication to a Rare IP Using a Gaming Protocol
  * \[Informational] Abnormal Communication to a Rare IP Using a Peer to Peer Protocol
  * \[Informational] Abnormal Communication to a Rare IP Using a Video and Audio Conversation Protocol
  * \[Informational] Abnormal Communication to a Rare IP With a NetBIOS Port
  * \[Informational] Abnormal Communication to a Rare IP With a Port Commonly Used by Attack Platforms


---

# Agent Instructions
This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com.

## Querying This Documentation
If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter:

```
GET https://cortex-docs.paloaltonetworks.com/cortex-analytics-content-releases/cortex-analytics-content-release-notes/2026-01-07.md?ask=<question>&goal=<endgoal>
```

`ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
`goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal.

The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.