Elastic Security Detection Rules

Azure Kubernetes Pods Deleted

Last updated 3 days ago on 2025-09-30
Created 4 years ago on 2021-06-24

About

Identifies the deletion of Azure Kubernetes Pods. Adversaries may delete a Kubernetes pod to disrupt the normal behavior of the environment.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: AzureUse Case: Asset VisibilityTactic: ImpactLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Impact (TA0040)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Service Stop (T1489)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ System Shutdown/Reboot (T1529)(opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples
Pods may be deleted by a system administrator. Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. Pods deletions by unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-azure.activitylogs-*filebeat-*
Related Integrations

azure(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name:"MICROSOFT.KUBERNETES/CONNECTEDCLUSTERS/PODS/DELETE" and
event.outcome:(Success or success)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Azure Kubernetes Pods Deleted 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(opens in a new tab or window).