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Interactive Shell Session Detected in Container

This detection rule targets the execution of interactive shell sessions within Linux containers, often initiated by an attacker using commands like `kubectl exec`, to identify potential compromise attempts or unauthorized access leading to container breakout or further environmental compromise.

Elastic Defend for Containers +1 container linux elastic-defend-for-containers threat-detection execution investigation-guide
1r 2t
low advisory

Parent Process Detected with Suspicious Windows Process(es)

Elastic's machine learning models detect clusters of suspicious Windows processes that share a common parent process and exhibit unusually high malicious probability scores, aiming to uncover stealthy attacks, including those leveraging Living off the Land Binaries (LOLBins) and masquerading techniques, which might otherwise evade traditional detection methods.

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2t
low advisory

Unusual Process Spawned by a User Detected by ML

A machine learning job from Elastic's ProblemChild integration detects suspicious Windows processes, classified as malicious by a supervised ML model and anomalous due to unusual user contexts identified by an unsupervised ML model, indicating potential misuse of LOLbins or masquerading tactics for defense evasion.

problemchild +6 Endpoint Windows Elastic Defend Elastic Endgame Living off the Land Attack Detection ML Machine Learning Defense Evasion +1
2t
low advisory

Unusual Process Writing Data to an External Device Detected by Machine Learning

Elastic's Data Exfiltration Detection integration leverages machine learning to identify rare processes writing data to external devices, indicating potential data exfiltration by adversaries using benign-looking processes.

Elastic Defend +15 exfiltration machine-learning elastic-defend endpoint lateral-movement rdp anomaly-detection privilege-escalation +29
22t
low advisory

Suspicious Powershell Script Detected by ML

An Elastic machine learning job detects anomalous PowerShell script behavior, specifically focusing on unusual data characteristics like obfuscation, indicating potential malicious scripts adversaries use for execution and defense evasion on Windows systems.

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2t updated