Cisco Isovalent

Description

Generated datasets for Cisco Isovalent Process Exec EventType by manual /atomic-red team simulations in a K8s cluster running Tetragon

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

No MITRE techniques specified for this dataset.

Environment Details

Field Value
Environment manual simulations in a K8s cluster running Tetragon
Directory cisco_isovalent
Test Date 2025-08-15

Datasets

The following datasets were collected during this attack simulation:

Cisco_isovalent

  • Path: /datasets/cisco_isovalent/cisco_isovalent.log
  • Sourcetype: cisco:isovalent
  • Source: cisco_isovalent

Delayed_shell

  • Path: /datasets/cisco_isovalent/cisco_isovalent_process_exec_delayed_shell.log
  • Sourcetype: cisco:isovalent:processExec
  • Source: cisco_isovalent

Kprobe_spike

  • Path: /datasets/cisco_isovalent/kprobe_spike.log
  • Sourcetype: cisco:isovalent
  • Source: cisco_isovalent

The following detections in our security content repository use this attack data for testing:

Detection Name Type Source MITRE ATT&CK Analytic Story
Cisco Isovalent - Non Allowlisted Image Use Anomaly Endpoint T1204.003 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Cisco Isovalent - Cron Job Creation Anomaly Endpoint T1053.003, T1053.007 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Cisco Isovalent - Shell Execution Anomaly Endpoint T1543 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Linux Add User Account Hunting Endpoint T1136.001 Linux Privilege Escalation, Linux Persistence Techniques, Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Linux Decode Base64 to Shell TTP Endpoint T1027, T1059.004 Linux Living Off The Land, Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Linux Adding Crontab Using List Parameter Hunting Endpoint T1053.003 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity, Industroyer2, Linux Privilege Escalation, Linux Living Off The Land, Data Destruction, Linux Persistence Techniques, Scheduled Tasks, Gomir
Cisco Isovalent - Nsenter Usage in Kubernetes Pod Anomaly Endpoint T1543 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Cisco Isovalent - Curl Execution With Insecure Flags Anomaly Endpoint T1105 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Cisco Isovalent - Pods Running Offensive Tools Anomaly Endpoint T1204.003 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Linux At Application Execution Anomaly Endpoint T1053.002 Linux Privilege Escalation, Linux Persistence Techniques, Linux Living Off The Land, Scheduled Tasks, Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Linux Curl Upload File TTP Endpoint T1105 Linux Living Off The Land, Data Exfiltration, Ingress Tool Transfer, NPM Supply Chain Compromise
Linux apt-get Privilege Escalation Anomaly Endpoint T1548.003 Linux Privilege Escalation, Linux Living Off The Land, Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Cisco Isovalent - Kprobe Spike Hunting Endpoint T1068 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Cisco Isovalent - Late Process Execution Anomaly Endpoint T1543 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity
Cisco Isovalent - Potential Escape to Host Anomaly Endpoint T1611 Cisco Isovalent Suspicious Activity

Usage Instructions

Replay with Splunk Attack Data

Replay attack data with replay.py from Splunk Attack Data.

1python replay.py --dataset /datasets/cisco_isovalent/cisco_isovalent.log --index attack_data

Manual Import

  1. Download the dataset files from the paths listed above
  2. Configure your Splunk instance with the appropriate sourcetypes
  3. Import the logs using the Splunk Add Data wizard

Find more detections and analytics for this attack technique in our security content repository.


Source: GitHub | Version: 1.0