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Kubernetes Anomalous Inbound Network Activity from Process

The following analytic identifies anomalous inbound network traffic volumes from processes within containerized workloads. It leverages Network Performance Monitoring metrics collected via an OTEL collector and…

Description

The following analytic identifies anomalous inbound network traffic volumes from processes within containerized workloads. It leverages Network Performance Monitoring metrics collected via an OTEL collector and pulled from Splunk Observability Cloud. The detection compares recent metrics (tcp.bytes, tcp.new_sockets, tcp.packets, udp.bytes, udp.packets) over the last hour with the average over the past 30 days. This activity is significant as it may indicate unauthorized data reception, potential breaches, vulnerability exploitation, or malware propagation. If confirmed malicious, it could lead to command and control installation, data integrity damage, container escape, and further environment compromise.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
ContainersIaaSLinuxmacOSWindows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Known benign triggers

  • No false positives have been identified at this time.

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