Name:Kubernetes Process Running From New Path id:454076fb-0e9e-4adf-b93a-da132621c5e6 version:4 date:2024-10-17 author:Matthew Moore, Splunk status:experimental type:Anomaly Description:The following analytic identifies processes running from newly seen paths within a Kubernetes environment. It leverages process metrics collected via an OTEL collector and hostmetrics receiver, and data is pulled from Splunk Observability Cloud using the Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Add-on. This detection compares processes observed in the last hour with those seen over the previous 30 days. This activity is significant as it may indicate unauthorized changes, compromised nodes, or the introduction of malicious software. If confirmed malicious, it could lead to unauthorized process execution, control over critical resources, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, or malware introduction within the Kubernetes cluster. Data_source:
search:| mstats count(process.memory.utilization) as process.memory.utilization_count where `kubernetes_metrics` AND earliest=-1h by host.name k8s.cluster.name k8s.node.name process.pid process.executable.path process.executable.name | eval current="True" | append [ mstats count(process.memory.utilization) as process.memory.utilization_count where `kubernetes_metrics` AND earliest=-30d latest=-1h by host.name k8s.cluster.name k8s.node.name process.pid process.executable.path process.executable.name ] | stats count values(current) as current by host.name k8s.cluster.name k8s.node.name process.pid process.executable.name process.executable.path | where count=1 and current="True" | rename host.name as host | `kubernetes_process_running_from_new_path_filter`
how_to_implement:To implement this detection, follow these steps:
* Deploy the OpenTelemetry Collector (OTEL) to your Kubernetes cluster.
* Enable the hostmetrics/process receiver in the OTEL configuration.
* Ensure that the process metrics, specifically Process.cpu.utilization and process.memory.utilization, are enabled.
* Install the Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring (SIM) add-on. (ref: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/5247)
* Configure the SIM add-on with your Observability Cloud Organization ID and Access Token.
* Set up the SIM modular input to ingest Process Metrics. Name this input "sim_process_metrics_to_metrics_index".
* In the SIM configuration, set the Organization ID to your Observability Cloud Organization ID.
* Set the Signal Flow Program to the following: data('process.threads').publish(label='A'); data('process.cpu.utilization').publish(label='B'); data('process.cpu.time').publish(label='C'); data('process.disk.io').publish(label='D'); data('process.memory.usage').publish(label='E'); data('process.memory.virtual').publish(label='F'); data('process.memory.utilization').publish(label='G'); data('process.cpu.utilization').publish(label='H'); data('process.disk.operations').publish(label='I'); data('process.handles').publish(label='J'); data('process.threads').publish(label='K')
* Set the Metric Resolution to 10000.
* Leave all other settings at their default values.
* Run the Search Baseline Of Kubernetes Container Network IO Ratio known_false_positives:unknown References: -https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector-chart drilldown_searches:
: tags: analytic_story: - 'Abnormal Kubernetes Behavior using Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring' asset_type:Kubernetes confidence:50 impact:50 message:Kubernetes Process Running From New Path on host $host$ mitre_attack_id: - 'T1204' observable: name:'host' type:'Hostname' - role: - 'Victim' product: - 'Splunk Enterprise' - 'Splunk Enterprise Security' - 'Splunk Cloud' required_fields: - 'process.memory.utilization' - 'host.name' - 'k8s.cluster.name' - 'k8s.node.name' - 'process.executable.name' risk_score:25 security_domain:network
