ThreatClaw · Investigation Playbook

Runtime investigation: TC Sensitive File Read in Container

FalcoRule TC Sensitive File Read in ContainerT1552.001
  1. Confirm the runtime event

    Severity: **medium**. Verify the event genuinely matches the described behavior and not a known legitimate operation.

  2. Locate the workload

    • Container / pod / image involved (container.id, k8s.pod.name, container.image)
    • Host node and triggering process (proc.name, proc.cmdline)
    • Is the container still running? capture its state before it disappears
  3. Qualify the threat

    ATT&CK technique(s): T1552.001. Depending on the technique: container escape, privilege escalation, persistence or credential access? Look for the matching indicators in the event.

  4. Scope

    • Same rule / same image triggered on other pods or nodes
    • Cross-check the orchestrator (deployment, namespace) to bound the blast radius
  5. Response (informational, HITL)

    ⚠️ No automatic action. Network isolation of the pod, recreation from a clean image, rotation of exposed secrets — to be decided by a human.