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Attacker Tools On Endpoint
The following analytic detects the execution of tools commonly exploited by cybercriminals, such as those used for unauthorized access, network scanning, privilege escalation, password dumping or data exfiltration. (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security · CrowdStrike · Cisco NVM · Cisco - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk, sventec, Github Community 2021-07-12 2026-09-22 a51bfe1a-94f0-48cc-b4e4-16a110145893
- Automated Turla Group Lateral Movement
Detects automated lateral movement by Turla group
Unsupported unsupported process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumMarkus Neis 2017-11-07 2023-02-24 75925535-ca97-4e0a-a850-00b5c00779dc
1 Splunk
AWS Bedrock Delete Knowledge Base
The following analytic identifies attempts to delete AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases, which are resources that store and manage domain-specific information for AI models. (...)
Generic stable cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumBhavin Patel, Splunk 2025-03-25 2026-05-13 8b4e3d62-f743-11ee-9f6e-acde48001123
2 AWS EFS Fileshare Mount Modified or Deleted
Detects when a EFS Fileshare Mount is modified or deleted. (...)
Generic test cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-15 2022-10-09 6a7ba45c-63d8-473e-9736-2eaabff79964
1 AWS EKS Cluster Created or Deleted
Identifies when an EKS cluster is created or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - AWS CloudTrail · AWS - lowAustin Songer 2021-08-16 2022-10-09 33d50d03-20ec-4b74-a74e-1e65a38af1c0
1 Azure Container Registry Created or Deleted
Detects when a Container Registry is created or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - lowAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 93e0ef48-37c8-49ed-a02c-038aab23628e
4 Azure Device or Configuration Modified or Deleted
Identifies when a device or device configuration in azure is modified or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-09-03 2022-10-09 46530378-f9db-4af9-a9e5-889c177d3881
1 Azure Kubernetes Cluster Created or Deleted
Detects when a Azure Kubernetes Cluster is created or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - lowAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 9541f321-7cba-4b43-80fc-fbd1fb922808
4 Azure Kubernetes Network Policy Change
Identifies when a Azure Kubernetes network policy is modified or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 08d6ac24-c927-4469-b3b7-2e422d6e3c43
4 Azure Kubernetes RoleBinding/ClusterRoleBinding Modified and Deleted
Detects the creation or patching of potential malicious RoleBinding/ClusterRoleBinding.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 25cb259b-bbdc-4b87-98b7-90d7c72f8743
4 Azure Kubernetes Secret or Config Object Access
Identifies when a Kubernetes account access a sensitive objects such as configmaps or secrets.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 7ee0b4aa-d8d4-4088-b661-20efdf41a04c
4 Azure Kubernetes Sensitive Role Access
Identifies when ClusterRoles/Roles are being modified or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 818fee0c-e0ec-4e45-824e-83e4817b0887
4 Azure Kubernetes Service Account Modified or Deleted
Identifies when a service account is modified or deleted.
Generic test cloud_audit - Azure Activity Logs · Azure - mediumAustin Songer @austinsonger 2021-08-07 2022-08-23 12d027c3-b48c-4d9d-8bb6-a732200034b2
4 Capabilities Discovery - Linux
Detects usage of "getcap" binary. (...)
Generic test process_creation linux Sysmon - lowNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2022-12-28 2026-01-24 d8d97d51-122d-4cdd-9e2f-01b4b4933530
3 ChromeLoader Malware Execution
Detects execution of ChromeLoader malware via a registered scheduled task
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - high@kostastsale 2022-01-10 — 0a74c5a9-1b71-4475-9af2-7829d320d5c2
4 Cisco Discovery
Find information about network devices that is not stored in config files
Generic test authentication - Cisco AAA · Cisco - lowAustin Clark 2019-08-12 2023-01-04 9705a6a1-6db6-4a16-a987-15b7151e299b
1 Splunk
Common Ransomware Extensions
The following analytic detects modifications to files with extensions commonly associated with ransomware. (...)
Generic stable file_event windows Sysmon - mediumDavid Dorsey, Michael Haag, Nasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk, Steven Dick 2019-10-16 2026-09-22 a9e5c5db-db11-43ca-86a8-c852d1b2c0ec
1 Splunk
Common Ransomware Notes
The following analytic detects the creation of files with names commonly associated with ransomware notes. (...)
Hunting stable file_event windows Sysmon - mediumDavid Dorsey, Splunk 2019-10-16 2026-07-02 ada0f478-84a8-4641-a3f1-d82362d6bd71
- Creation Of Pod In System Namespace
Detects deployments of pods within the kube-system namespace, which could be intended to imitate system pods. (...)
Generic test - - Kubernetes Audit · Kubernetes - mediumLeo Tsaousis (@laripping) 2024-03-26 — a80d927d-ac6e-443f-a867-e8d6e3897318
1 DD File Overwrite
Detects potential overwriting and deletion of a file using DD.
Generic test process_creation linux Sysmon - lowRoberto Rodriguez (Cyb3rWard0g), OTR (Open Threat Research), MSTIC 2021-10-15 2022-07-07 2953194b-e33c-4859-b9e8-05948c167447
1 Defrag Deactivation
Detects the deactivation and disabling of the Scheduled defragmentation task as seen by Slingshot AP (...)
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Bartlomiej Czyz (@bczyz1) 2019-03-04 2022-10-09 958d81aa-8566-4cea-a565-59ccd4df27b0
1 Deleted Data Overwritten Via Cipher.EXE
Detects usage of the "cipher" built-in utility in order to overwrite deleted data from disk. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - mediumfrack113 2021-12-26 2023-02-21 4b046706-5789-4673-b111-66f25fe99534
1 Splunk
Detect DNS Query to Decommissioned S3 Bucket
This detection identifies DNS queries to domains that match previously decommissioned S3 buckets. (...)
Anomaly experimental dns windows Sysmon - mediumJose Hernandez, Splunk 2025-02-12 2026-05-13 2f1c5fd1-4b8a-4f5d-a0e9-7d6a8e2f5e1e
2 Splunk
Detect Web Access to Decommissioned S3 Bucket
This detection identifies web requests to domains that match previously decommissioned S3 buckets through web proxy logs. (...)
Anomaly experimental webserver - AWS - mediumJose Hernandez, Splunk 2025-02-12 2026-05-13 3a1d8f62-5b9c-4e7d-b8f3-9d6a8e2f5e1f
2 Diamond Sleet APT Scheduled Task Creation
Detects registry event related to the creation of a scheduled task used by Diamond Sleet APT during (...)
Emerging test scheduled_job windows WinEventLog Security criticalNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2023-10-24 — 3b8e5084-4de9-449a-a40d-0e11014f2e2d
1 DirLister Execution
Detect the usage of "DirLister.exe" a utility for quickly listing folder or drive contents. (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - lowfrack113 2022-08-20 2023-02-04 b4dc61f5-6cce-468e-a608-b48b469feaa2
2 Splunk
Excessive File Deletion In WinDefender Folder
The following analytic detects excessive file deletion events in the Windows Defender folder. (...)
Generic stable file_event windows Sysmon - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk, Steven Dick 2022-01-21 2026-05-13 b5baa09a-7a05-11ec-8da4-acde48001122
1 Exploit for CVE-2015-1641
Detects Winword starting uncommon sub process MicroScMgmt.exe as used in exploits for CVE-2015-1641
Emerging stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2018-02-22 2021-11-27 7993792c-5ce2-4475-a3db-a3a5539827ef
2 File and Directory Discovery - Linux
Detects usage of system utilities such as "find", "tree", "findmnt", etc, to discover files, directories and network shares.
Generic test process_creation linux Sysmon - informationalDaniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community, CheraghiMilad 2020-10-19 2024-12-01 d3feb4ee-ff1d-4d3d-bd10-5b28a238cc72
1 File and Directory Discovery - MacOS
Detects usage of system utilities to discover files and directories
Generic test process_creation macos - - informationalDaniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community 2020-10-19 2022-11-25 089dbdf6-b960-4bcc-90e3-ffc3480c20f6
1 Files With System DLL Name In Unsuspected Locations
Detects the creation of a file with the ".dll" extension that has the name of a System DLL in uncommon or unsuspected locations. (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - mediumNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2024-06-24 — 13c02350-4177-4e45-ac17-cf7ca628ff5e
1 Files With System Process Name In Unsuspected Locations
Detects the creation of an executable with a system process name in folders other than the system ones (System32, SysWOW64, etc.). (...)
Generic test file_event windows Sysmon - mediumSander Wiebing, Tim Shelton, Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2020-05-26 2026-07-28 d5866ddf-ce8f-4aea-b28e-d96485a20d3d
1 Flash Player Update from Suspicious Location
Detects a flashplayer update from an unofficial location
Generic test proxy - - - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2017-10-25 2022-08-08 4922a5dd-6743-4fc2-8e81-144374280997
1 Fsutil Suspicious Invocation
Detects suspicious parameters of fsutil (deleting USN journal, configuring it with small size, etc). (...)
Generic stable process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highEcco, E.M. Anhaus, oscd.community 2019-09-26 2023-09-09 add64136-62e5-48ea-807e-88638d02df1e
5 Splunk
GitHub Enterprise Remove Organization
The following analytic detects when a user removes an organization from GitHub Enterprise. (...)
Anomaly stable - - GitHub - mediumPatrick Bareiss, Splunk 2025-01-15 2026-05-13 94cb89aa-aec1-4585-91b1-affcdacf357e
2 Splunk
GitHub Enterprise Repository Archived
The following analytic detects when a repository is archived in GitHub Enterprise. (...)
Anomaly stable - - GitHub - mediumPatrick Bareiss, Splunk 2025-01-15 2026-05-13 8367cb99-bae1-4748-ae3b-0927bb381424
2 Splunk
GitHub Enterprise Repository Deleted
The following analytic detects when a user deletes a repository in GitHub Enterprise. (...)
Anomaly stable - - GitHub - mediumPatrick Bareiss, Splunk 2025-01-15 2026-05-13 f709e736-3e6c-492f-b865-bc7696cc24a7
2 Splunk
GitHub Organizations Repository Archived
The following analytic detects when a repository is archived in GitHub Organizations. (...)
Anomaly stable cloud_audit - GitHub - mediumPatrick Bareiss, Splunk 2025-01-15 2026-05-13 4f568a0e-896f-4d94-a2f7-fa6d82ab1f77
2 Splunk
GitHub Organizations Repository Deleted
The following analytic identifies when a repository is deleted within a GitHub organization. (...)
Anomaly stable cloud_audit - GitHub - mediumPatrick Bareiss, Splunk 2025-01-15 2026-05-13 9ff4ca95-fdae-4eea-9ffa-6d8e1c202a71
2 Greenbug Espionage Group Indicators
Detects tools and process executions used by Greenbug in their May 2020 campaign as reported by Syma (...)
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - criticalFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems) 2020-05-20 2023-03-09 3711eee4-a808-4849-8a14-faf733da3612
1 HackTool - Default PowerSploit/Empire Scheduled Task Creation
Detects the creation of a schtask via PowerSploit or Empire Default Configuration.
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highMarkus Neis, @Karneades 2018-03-06 2023-03-03 56c217c3-2de2-479b-990f-5c109ba8458f
2 HackTool - PCHunter Execution
Detects suspicious use of PCHunter, a tool like Process Hacker to view and manipulate processes, ker (...)
Generic test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highFlorian Roth (Nextron Systems), Nasreddine Bencherchali 2022-10-10 2024-11-23 fca949cc-79ca-446e-8064-01aa7e52ece5
3 Important Scheduled Task Deleted/Disabled
Detects when adversaries stop services or processes by deleting or disabling their respective schedu (...)
Generic test scheduled_job windows WinEventLog Security - highNasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) 2022-12-05 2023-03-13 7595ba94-cf3b-4471-aa03-4f6baa9e5fad
2 Kapeka Backdoor Persistence Activity
Detects Kapeka backdoor persistence activity. (...)
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel 2024-07-03 — 64a871dd-83f6-4e5f-80fc-5a7ca3a8a819
3 Kapeka Backdoor Scheduled Task Creation
Detects Kapeka backdoor scheduled task creation based on attributes such as paths, commands line flags, etc.
Emerging test scheduled_job windows WinEventLog Security - highSwachchhanda Shrawan Poudel 2024-07-03 — 6c130acd-0adb-4545-bcc4-2e85d0883c9a
4 Lazarus System Binary Masquerading
Detects binaries used by the Lazarus group which use system names but are executed and launched from (...)
Emerging test process_creation windows Sysmon · WinEventLog Security - highTrent Liffick (@tliffick), Bartlomiej Czyz (@bczyz1) 2020-06-03 2023-03-10 3f7f5b0b-5b16-476c-a85f-ab477f6dd24b
1 Splunk
Linux Account Manipulation Of SSH Config and Keys
The following analytic detects the deletion of SSH keys on a Linux machine. (...)
Anomaly stable file_event linux Sysmon - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2022-04-12 2026-05-13 73a56508-1cf5-4df7-b8d9-5737fbdc27d2
1 Splunk
Linux Auditd Data Destruction Command
The following analytic detects the execution of a Unix shell command designed to wipe root directories on a Linux host. (...)
Generic stable process_creation linux Linux Auditd - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2023-02-08 2026-05-13 4da5ce1a-f71b-4e71-bb73-c0a3c73f3c3c
2 Splunk
Linux Auditd Database File And Directory Discovery
The following analytic detects suspicious database file and directory discovery activities, which may signal an attacker attempt to locate and assess critical database assets on a compromised system. (...)
Anomaly stable process_creation linux Linux Auditd - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2024-08-23 2026-05-13 f616c4f3-bde9-41cf-856c-019b65f668bb
2 Splunk
Linux Auditd Dd File Overwrite
The following analytic detects the use of the 'dd' command to overwrite files on a Linux system. (...)
Generic stable process_creation linux Linux Auditd - mediumTeoderick Contreras, Splunk 2024-08-09 2026-10-02 d1b74420-4cea-4752-a123-9b40dfcca49a
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