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# 2026.07.15

### Release date: 26-July-2026

### Summary

### Added

* **4 Detectors:** 4 Informational
* **4 Variations:** 3 Low, 1 Informational

### Modified Logic

* **25 Detectors:** 4 Medium, 3 Low, 18 Informational
* **8 Variations:** 1 High, 1 Medium, 5 Low, 1 Informational

### Modified Metadata

* **10 Detectors:** 10 Informational
* **8 Variations:** 3 High, 2 Medium, 3 Low

### Added

* \[Informational] [AWS SSM association created with inventory collection document](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-ssm-association-created-with-inventory-collection-document)
  * \[Low] Unusual AWS SSM association created with inventory collection document
* \[Informational] [AWS Systems Manager hosts enumeration](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/aws-systems-manager-hosts-enumeration)
  * \[Low] AWS Systems Manager hosts enumeration via programmatic access
* \[Informational] [Impossible travel by a cloud identity](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/impossible-travel-by-a-cloud-identity)
  * \[Low] Impossible travel by an unusual cloud identity
* \[Informational] [Email sent using an automated system or script detected](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/email-sent-using-an-automated-system-or-script-detected)
  * \[Informational] Unusual automated email or script usage detected from a known sender

### Modified Logic

* \[Medium] [Suspicious Kubernetes pod token access](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-kubernetes-pod-token-access)
  * \[High] Suspicious Kubernetes pod token access via remote access - Added
* \[Medium] [Potential Phishing has been detected](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/potential-phishing-has-been-detected)
* \[Informational] [Suspicious activity on logging bucket](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-activity-on-logging-bucket)
  * \[Medium] Suspicious deletion on S3 access logs bucket - Added
* \[Medium] [TGT request with a spoofed sAMAccountName - Event log](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/tgt-request-with-a-spoofed-samaccountname-event-log)
* \[Medium] [Training simulation email detected](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/training-simulation-email-detected)
* \[Low] [Impossible traveler - SSO](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/impossible-traveler-sso)
* \[Low] [Impossible traveler - VPN](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/impossible-traveler-vpn)
* \[Informational] [Port Sweep](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/port-sweep)
  * \[Low] Port Sweep to multiple subnets - 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)
  * \[Low] Phishing terms obfuscation using Unicode characters detected in email - Modified Logic
* \[Informational] [Suspicious access to cloud credential files](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-access-to-cloud-credential-files)
  * \[Low] Suspicious access to Windows cloud credential files by an unusual process - Modified Logic
  * \[Low] Suspicious access to cloud credential files by an unusual process - Modified Logic
  * \[Low] Suspicious access to cloud credential files of various cloud providers within a cloud instance - Modified Logic
  * \[Informational] Suspicious access to cloud credential files within a cloud instance - Modified Logic
* \[Low] [Suspicious cloud user data modification attempt followed by VM restart](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-cloud-user-data-modification-attempt-followed-by-vm-restart)
* \[Informational] [AI-determined combination of risky alerts under the same causality](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ai-determined-combination-of-risky-alerts-under-the-same-causality)
* \[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] [IP Rotation Pattern in SSO Spray](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ip-rotation-pattern-in-sso-spray)
* \[Informational] [Intense SSO failures](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/intense-sso-failures)
* \[Informational] [Outbound email to an address hosted by a public email service provider](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/outbound-email-to-an-address-hosted-by-a-public-email-service-provider)
* \[Informational] [Possible Impossible Travel Pattern - SSO](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/possible-impossible-travel-pattern-sso)
* \[Informational] [SSO Brute Force](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/sso-brute-force)
* \[Informational] [SSO Password Spray](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/sso-password-spray)
* \[Informational] [Suspicious brand affiliation detected](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-brand-affiliation-detected)
* \[Informational] [Uncommon access to cloud platforms' sensitive files by a scripting engine](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/uncommon-access-to-cloud-platforms-sensitive-files-by-a-scripting-engine)
* \[Informational] [Unusual URL(s) sent by a brand were observed in the email](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/unusual-url-s-sent-by-a-brand-were-observed-in-the-email)
* \[Informational] [VPN Login Password Spray](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/vpn-login-password-spray)
* \[Informational] [VPN login Brute-Force attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/vpn-login-brute-force-attempt)
* \[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] [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)
  * \[High] A cloud identity executed an API call from an unusual country using a compromised AWS access key - Modified Metadata
* \[Informational] [Compute activity in dormant cloud region](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/compute-activity-in-dormant-cloud-region)
  * \[High] Compute activity in dormant cloud region by a compromised AWS access key - Modified Metadata
* \[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)
  * \[High] Multiple failed logins from a single IP by a compromised AWS access key - Modified Metadata
* \[Informational] [GCP Storage Bucket deletion](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/gcp-storage-bucket-deletion)
  * \[Medium] First time seen deleting a GCP Storage Bucket containing sensitive data - Modified Metadata
  * \[Low] GCP Storage Bucket containing sensitive data was deleted - Modified Metadata
* \[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)
  * \[Medium] Unusual user-agent for a cloud identity by a compromised AWS access key - Modified Metadata
* \[Informational] [EBS snapshots were created from an EC2 instance](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ebs-snapshots-were-created-from-an-ec2-instance)
  * \[Informational -> Low] EBS snapshots were created from an EC2 instance attached one or more volumes with sensitive data - Modified Metadata
* \[Informational] [EBS volume attachment attempt](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/ebs-volume-attachment-attempt)
  * \[Informational -> Low] EBS volume attachment attempt for volume with sensitive data - Modified Metadata
* \[Informational] [An AWS EC2 instance containing sensitive data was exported](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-aws-ec2-instance-containing-sensitive-data-was-exported)
* \[Informational] [An RDS snapshot containing sensitive data was exported](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/an-rds-snapshot-containing-sensitive-data-was-exported)
* \[Low -> Informational] [Suspicious PowerShell Enumeration of Running Processes](https://app.gitbook.com/o/r4DIGbR5VLvkZy3gAYsu/s/5O67gr80iLneA56jiuO2/alerts-by-name/suspicious-powershell-enumeration-of-running-processes)


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