Kubernetes enumeration activity

Synopsis

Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	10 Minutes
Deduplication Period	7 Days
Required Data	Requires one of the following data sources: AWS Audit Log OR Azure Audit Log OR Gcp Audit Log
Detection Modules	Cloud
ATT&CK Tactic	Discovery (TA0007)
ATT&CK Technique	Container and Resource Discovery (T1613) Cloud Service Discovery (T1526)
Severity	Informational

Description

An identity attempted to discover available resources within a cluster.
This may indicate an adversary attempting to map the Kubernetes environment and discover resources that may assist to perform additional attacks within the environment.

Attacker's Goals

Map the cluster environment and detect potential resources to abuse.

Investigative actions

Check the identity's role designation in the organization.
Identify which available resources were discovered.
Investigate if the discovered resources were used to extract sensitive information or perform other attacks in the cloud environment.

Variations

Suspicious Kubernetes enumeration activity

Synopsis

ATT&CK Tactic

Discovery (TA0007)

ATT&CK Technique

Severity

Informational

Description

Attacker's Goals

Map the cluster environment and detect potential resources to abuse.

Investigative actions

Check the identity's role designation in the organization.
Identify which available resources were discovered.
Investigate if the discovered resources were used to extract sensitive information or perform other attacks in the cloud environment.