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title: performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco skill (Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills)
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**What it does.** 'Uses Falco YAML rules for runtime threat detection in containers and Part of [[skills-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills]] (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills).

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| Upstream | [mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) |
| Skill file | [skills/performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco/SKILL.md](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco/SKILL.md) |
| License | Apache-2.0 (skill folder LICENSE) |
| Author | mukul975 |
| Fetched | 2026-09-10 |

## Install

- `npx skills add mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills --skill performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco`, or copy the skill folder into `~/.claude/skills/performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco/`.
- Raw file: `curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco/SKILL.md`

## SKILL.md (verbatim)

```yaml
name: performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco
description: 'Uses Falco YAML rules for runtime threat detection in containers and
  Kubernetes, monitoring syscalls for shell spawns, file tampering, network anomalies,
  and privilege escalation. Manages Falco rules via the Falco gRPC API and parses
  Falco alert output. Use when building container runtime security or investigating
  k8s cluster compromises.

  '
domain: cybersecurity
subdomain: cloud-security
tags:
- cloud-security
- falco
- runtime-threat-detection
- container-forensics
- kubernetes-security
- syscall-monitoring
version: '1.0'
author: mahipal
license: Apache-2.0
nist_csf:
- PR.IR-01
- ID.AM-08
- GV.SC-06
- DE.CM-01
mitre_attack:
- T1078.004
- T1530
- T1537
- T1580
- T1068
```

# Performing Cloud Native Forensics with Falco


## When to Use

- When conducting security assessments that involve performing cloud native forensics with falco
- When following incident response procedures for related security events
- When performing scheduled security testing or auditing activities
- When validating security controls through hands-on testing

## Prerequisites

- Familiarity with cloud security concepts and tools
- Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
- Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
- Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

## Instructions

Deploy and manage Falco rules for runtime security detection in containerized
environments. Parse Falco alerts for incident response.

```yaml
# Custom Falco rule for detecting shell in container
- rule: Shell Spawned in Container
  desc: Detect shell process started in a container
  condition: >
    spawned_process and container
    and proc.name in (bash, sh, zsh, dash, csh)
    and not proc.pname in (docker-entrypo, supervisord)
  output: >
    Shell spawned in container
    (user=%user.name command=%proc.cmdline container=%container.name
     image=%container.image.repository)
  priority: WARNING
  tags: [container, shell, mitre_execution]
```

Key detection rules:
1. Shell spawn in non-interactive containers
2. Sensitive file access (/etc/shadow, /etc/passwd)
3. Outbound connections from unexpected containers
4. Privilege escalation via setuid/setgid
5. Container escape via mount or ptrace

## Examples

```bash
# Run Falco with custom rules
falco -r /etc/falco/custom_rules.yaml -o json_output=true
# Parse JSON alerts
cat /var/log/falco/alerts.json | python3 -c "import json,sys; [print(json.loads(l)['output']) for l in sys.stdin]"
```

## Other files in this skill

- [LICENSE](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco/LICENSE)
- [references/api-reference.md](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco/references/api-reference.md)
- [scripts/agent.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/HEAD/skills/performing-cloud-native-forensics-with-falco/scripts/agent.py)

## references/api-reference.md (verbatim)

# API Reference: Performing Cloud Native Forensics with Falco

## Falco Rule YAML Structure

```yaml
- rule: Shell Spawned in Container
  desc: Detect shell in container
  condition: >
    spawned_process and container
    and proc.name in (bash, sh, zsh)
  output: >
    Shell spawned (user=%user.name command=%proc.cmdline
    container=%container.name image=%container.image.repository)
  priority: WARNING
  tags: [container, shell, mitre_execution]
```

## Falco Condition Fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `proc.name` | Process name |
| `proc.cmdline` | Full command line |
| `proc.pname` | Parent process name |
| `user.name` | User running process |
| `fd.name` | File descriptor name/path |
| `container.name` | Container name |
| `container.image.repository` | Container image |
| `container.privileged` | Privileged flag |
| `evt.type` | Syscall type (execve, open, connect) |

## Falco Priority Levels

`EMERGENCY > ALERT > CRITICAL > ERROR > WARNING > NOTICE > INFO > DEBUG`

## Falco HTTP API

```python
import requests
# Health check
requests.get("http://localhost:8765/healthz")
# Version
requests.get("http://localhost:8765/version")
```

## Helm Deployment

```bash
helm repo add falcosecurity https://falcosecurity.github.io/charts
helm install falco falcosecurity/falco \
  --set driver.kind=ebpf \
  --set falcosidekick.enabled=true
```

### References

- Falco: https://falco.org/docs/
- Falco rules: https://github.com/falcosecurity/rules
- Falcosidekick: https://github.com/falcosecurity/falcosidekick

Back to [[skills-anthropic-cybersecurity-skills]] or [[agent-skills]].