Falco Rules Changelog

Falco rules are used in the Sysdig Secure Policy Editor .

Commit Date	Rule Notes	Version of Falco Rules Installer (On-Prem)
Dec 9, 2019	Expand `allowed_k8s_users` list with default users created by Kops Add macro `calico_writing_envvars` to whitelist of rule `Write below etc` Update operators with intersect Add `calico/node` in the f`alco_privlieged_image` list Add `amazon/amazon-ecs-agent` in `falco_sensitive_mounts_image` list Add `hyperkube` to the whitelist of rule Set `Setuid` or `Setgit` bit Add `docker-runc-cur` to `container_entrypoin`t macro Add a rule to detect Kubernetes client tool in container Add rules `Contact cloud metadata service from container` and `Packet socket created in container` to policy `Suspicious Container Activity` Update `macro exe_running_docker_save` Add `exe_running_docker_save` as exception to rules `Modify Shell Configuration File`, and `Update Package Repository` Create macro `automount_using_mtab` and add it as exception to rule `Write below etc` Update macro `k8s_api_server` with Kubernetes headless service name Add placeholder macro `user_known_package_manager_in_container` to rule `Launch Package Management Process in Container` Add kubelet to list `user_known_chmod_applications` Create macro `user_known_k8s_client_container` and add it as exception to rule `The docker client is executed in a container` Add more directories to `Sensitive mounts` rules	0.6.0
Oct 9, 2019	Add rule `Delete or rename shell history` (a better version of Delete Bash History) to policy `Suspicious Filesystem Changes` Add rule `Detect crypto miners using the Stratum protocol` to policy `Suspicious Container Activity` Add a new policy, `Access Cryptomining Network` ,with a new rule `Detect outbound connections to common miner pool ports associated` (disabled by default) Add new macros `chmod` and `modify_repositories` Enhance rules `Update Package Repository`, `Set Setuid or Setgid bit`, and `Create Hidden Files or Directories` Add image`fluent/fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset` to macro `trusted_logging_images`	0.5.0
Aug 21, 2019	Update rule `Update Package Repository` with `modify` action Update rule `Delete Bash History` with more `bash` history files Update rule `Set Setuid` or `Setgid bit` using system calls instead of process name Update rule `Create Hidden Files or Directories` with `modify` action	0.4.9
Aug 1, 2019	Add `/exec.fifo` to `known_root_files` macro (GKE) Add macro `amazon_linux_running_python_yum` as exception in rule Write below rpm database (Amazon Linux 2) Add `docker.io/google/cadvisor` and `docker.io/prom/node-exporter` to list `falco_sensitive_mount_images`	0.4.8
July 23, 2019	Add image `k8s.gcr.io/kube-proxy` to list `falco_privileged_images` Add `runc` to macro `container_entrypoint` Add macro `trusted_logging_images` for rule `Clear Log Activities` Add image `docker.io/netdata/netdata` to list `falco_sensitive_mount_images`	0.4.7
July 1, 2019	Add placeholder for `user` macro Add rfc 1918 addresses Add image `prometheus-node-exporter` to macro `openshift_image` Add `weaveworks_scope` macro used by rule `Change thread namespace`	0.4.6
June 20, 2019	Add whitelist to rules `Change thread namespace` and `Non sudo setuid`	0.4.5
June 17, 2019	Add `trusted_container` macro back	0.4.4
June 13, 2019	Extend macro `mkdir` with `syscall mkdirat` Add placeholder for whitelist in rule `Clear Log Activities` Add `docker.io/` to the trusted images list Add `container.id` and `image` in the rule output, except those rules with "not container" in condition	0.4.3
June 6, 2019	Remove image check from `rancher_write_conf` macro Remove healthcheck from `rancher_writing_conf` Update `nginx_writing_conf` macro	0.3.7
June 5, 2019	Updated macro `container_started` IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is a hosted Kubernetes from IBM Allow Ansible to run using Python 3 Fix `egrep` rule and `ncat` rule Add Sematext Monitoring & Logging agents to trusted Kubernetes containers	0.3.6
May 30, 2019	Add rules: remote file copy in container, create `symlink` over sensitive files In macro `prometheus_conf_writing_conf`, use `startswith` instead of =	0.3.5
Apr 18, 2019	Add MITRE tags to existing rules Add new MITRE rules mainly for `persistence` category	0.3.4

Falco Rules Changelog

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