diff --git a/rules/falco_rules.yaml b/rules/falco_rules.yaml
index 8f54193d9..b9d1f456f 100644
--- a/rules/falco_rules.yaml
+++ b/rules/falco_rules.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 # Starting with version 8, the Falco engine supports exceptions.
 # However the Falco rules file does not use them by default.
-- required_engine_version: 13
+- required_engine_version: 16
 
 # Currently disabled as read/write are ignored syscalls. The nearly
 # similar open_write/open_read check for files being opened for
@@ -490,6 +490,30 @@
     WARNING
   tags: [host, container, filesystem, mitre_discovery, T1546.004]
 
+# List of allowed container images that are known to execute binaries not part of their base image.
+# Users can use this list to better tune the rule below (i.e reducing false positives) by considering their workloads, 
+# since this requires application specific knowledge.
+- list: known_drop_and_execute_containers
+  items: []
+
+- rule: Drop and execute new binary in container
+  desc:
+    Detect if an executable not belonging to the base image of a container is being executed.
+    The drop and execute pattern can be observed very often after an attacker gained an initial foothold.
+    is_exe_upper_layer filter field only applies for container runtimes that use overlayfs as union mount filesystem.
+  condition: >
+    spawned_process
+    and container
+    and proc.is_exe_upper_layer=true 
+    and not container.image.repository in (known_drop_and_execute_containers)
+  output: > 
+    Executing binary not part of base image (user=%user.name user_loginuid=%user.loginuid user_uid=%user.uid comm=%proc.cmdline exe=%proc.exe container_id=%container.id
+    image=%container.image.repository proc.name=%proc.name proc.sname=%proc.sname proc.pname=%proc.pname proc.aname[2]=%proc.aname[2] exe_flags=%evt.arg.flags
+    proc.exe_ino=%proc.exe_ino proc.exe_ino.ctime=%proc.exe_ino.ctime proc.exe_ino.mtime=%proc.exe_ino.mtime proc.exe_ino.ctime_duration_proc_start=%proc.exe_ino.ctime_duration_proc_start
+    proc.exepath=%proc.exepath proc.cwd=%proc.cwd proc.tty=%proc.tty container.start_ts=%container.start_ts proc.sid=%proc.sid proc.vpgid=%proc.vpgid evt.res=%evt.res)
+  priority: CRITICAL 
+  tags: [container, mitre_persistence, TA0003]
+
 - macro: user_known_cron_jobs
   condition: (never_true)
 
@@ -3335,4 +3359,4 @@
 
 # Application rules have moved to application_rules.yaml. Please look
 # there if you want to enable them by adding to
-# falco_rules.local.yaml.
\ No newline at end of file
+# falco_rules.local.yaml.