Ingress Tool Transfer Followed by Execution and Deletion Detected via Defend for Containers

Last updated 10 days ago on 2026-03-05
Created 10 days ago on 2026-03-05

About

This rule detects the creation, execution, and deletion of files inside a container, a common technique used by attackers to evade detection.
Tags
Data Source: Elastic Defend for ContainersDomain: ContainerOS: LinuxUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Defense EvasionTactic: ExecutionLanguage: eql
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Execution (TA0002)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-cloud_defend.process*logs-cloud_defend.file*
Related Integrations

cloud_defend(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Query
text code block:
sequence by container.id, user.id with maxspan=10s [file where event.action == "creation" and ( process.name in ("curl", "wget", "fetch", "ftp", "sftp", "scp", "rsync", "ld") or ( process.name in ("bash", "dash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox") and process.args in ( "curl", "/bin/curl", "/usr/bin/curl", "/usr/local/bin/curl", "wget", "/bin/wget", "/usr/bin/wget", "/usr/local/bin/wget", "fetch", "/bin/fetch", "/usr/bin/fetch", "/usr/local/bin/fetch", "ftp", "/bin/ftp", "/usr/bin/ftp", "/usr/local/bin/ftp", "sftp", "/bin/sftp", "/usr/bin/sftp", "/usr/local/bin/sftp", "scp", "/bin/scp", "/usr/bin/scp", "/usr/local/bin/scp", "rsync", "/bin/rsync", "/usr/bin/rsync", "/usr/local/bin/rsync", "ld", "/bin/ld", "/usr/bin/ld", "/usr/local/bin/ld" ) and /* default exclusion list to not FP on default multi-process commands */ not process.args in ( "which", "/bin/which", "/usr/bin/which", "/usr/local/bin/which", "man", "/bin/man", "/usr/bin/man", "/usr/local/bin/man", "chmod", "/bin/chmod", "/usr/bin/chmod", "/usr/local/bin/chmod", "chown", "/bin/chown", "/usr/bin/chown", "/usr/local/bin/chown" ) ) ) and file.path like ( "/dev/shm/*", "/run/shm/*", "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/run/*", "/var/run/*", "/var/www/*", "/proc/*/fd/*", "/home/*/*", "/root/*", "/opt/*" ) ] by file.name [process where event.type == "start" and event.action == "exec" and process.parent.name in ("bash", "dash", "ash", "sh", "tcsh", "csh", "zsh", "ksh", "fish", "busybox") ] by process.name [file where event.action == "deletion" and file.path like ( "/dev/shm/*", "/run/shm/*", "/tmp/*", "/var/tmp/*", "/run/*", "/var/run/*", "/var/www/*", "/proc/*/fd/*", "/home/*/*", "/root/*", "/opt/*" ) and not process.name in ("rm", "ld", "conftest", "link", "gcc", "getarch", "ld") ] by file.name

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Ingress Tool Transfer Followed by Execution and Deletion Detected via Defend for Containers in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).