Classification:

attack

Tactic:

TA0007-discovery

Technique:

T1613-container-and-resource-discovery

VIEW RULE IN DATADOG VIEW SIGNALS

Set up the kubernetes integration.

Goal

Detect when a user attaches to a pod.

Strategy

This rule monitors when a user attaches (@objectRef.subresource:attach) to a pod (@objectRef.resource:pods).

A user should not need to attach to a pod. Attaching to a pod allows a user to attach to any process in a running container which may give an attacker access to sensitive data.

Triage and response

Determine if the user should be attaching to a running container.

Changelog

• 7 May 2024 - Updated detection query to include logs from Azure Kubernetes Service.
• 17 July 2024 - Updated detection query to include logs from Google Kubernetes Engine.
• 5 March 2025 - Updated detection query for Google Kubernetes Engine to include the event io.k8s.core.v1.pods.attach.get and exclude system accounts.