K8s token audit then novel cloud control plane operations
Detects Kubernetes token and exec audit activity followed by first-seen cloud control-plane operations from the same IP and user-agent context.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 4 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- microsoftthreatprotection
- Log source service
- cloudauditevents
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 90379ce8-b674-4f81-ac66-7d3c66439fd6
- Tagged by the source as
- CredentialAccessDiscoveryPrivilegeEscalation
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1