CYFIRMA - High severity Command Control Network Indicators with Monitor Recommendation Rule

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Id	6d8fb3fe-2501-4103-8137-34261fa3a596
Rulename	CYFIRMA - High severity Command & Control Network Indicators with Monitor Recommendation Rule
Description	“This analytics rule detects network-based indicators identified by CYFIRMA threat intelligence as associated with Command & Control (C2) infrastructure. These may represent attacker-controlled endpoints used to maintain persistence, exfiltrate data, or receive commands from malware-infected hosts.”
Severity	High
Tactics	CommandAndControl InitialAccess Exfiltration
Techniques	T1071 T1090 T1573 T1105 T1568 T1566 T1041 T1071.001 T1573.001 T1568.002 T1566.002
Required data connectors	CyfirmaCyberIntelligenceDC
Kind	Scheduled
Query frequency	5m
Query period	5m
Trigger threshold	0
Trigger operator	GreaterThan
Source Uri	https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Cyfirma Cyber Intelligence/Analytic Rules/C2NetworkIndicatorsMonitorHighSeverityRule.yaml
Version	1.0.1
Arm template	6d8fb3fe-2501-4103-8137-34261fa3a596.json

KQL

// Network Indicators query with Monitor Recommended Action And C2 Roles
let timeFrame= 5m;
CyfirmaIndicators_CL 
| where ConfidenceScore >= 80
    and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())
    and pattern !contains 'file:hashes' and RecommendedActions has 'Monitor' and (Roles contains 'c2' or Roles contains 'Command & Control')
| extend IPv4 = extract(@"ipv4-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend IPv6 = extract(@"ipv6-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend URL = extract(@"url:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend Domain = extract(@"domain-name:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend parsed = parse_json(extensions)
| extend extensionKeys = bag_keys(parsed)
| mv-expand extensionKeys
| extend extensionKeyStr = tostring(extensionKeys)
| extend ext = parsed[extensionKeyStr]
| extend props = ext.properties
| extend 
    extension_id = extensionKeyStr,
    ASN_Owner = props.asn_owner,
    ASN = props.asn,
    ProviderName = 'CYFIRMA',
    ProductName = 'DeCYFIR/DeTCT'
| project
    IPv4,
    IPv6,
    URL,
    Domain,
    ThreatActors,
    RecommendedActions,
    Sources,
    Roles,
    Country,
    IPAbuse,
    name,
    Description,
    ConfidenceScore,
    IndicatorID,
    created,
    modified,
    valid_from,
    Tags,
    ThreatType,
    TimeGenerated,
    SecurityVendors,
    ProductName,
    ProviderName

YAML

queryPeriod: 5m
query: |
  // Network Indicators query with Monitor Recommended Action And C2 Roles
  let timeFrame= 5m;
  CyfirmaIndicators_CL 
  | where ConfidenceScore >= 80
      and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())
      and pattern !contains 'file:hashes' and RecommendedActions has 'Monitor' and (Roles contains 'c2' or Roles contains 'Command & Control')
  | extend IPv4 = extract(@"ipv4-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend IPv6 = extract(@"ipv6-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend URL = extract(@"url:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend Domain = extract(@"domain-name:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend parsed = parse_json(extensions)
  | extend extensionKeys = bag_keys(parsed)
  | mv-expand extensionKeys
  | extend extensionKeyStr = tostring(extensionKeys)
  | extend ext = parsed[extensionKeyStr]
  | extend props = ext.properties
  | extend 
      extension_id = extensionKeyStr,
      ASN_Owner = props.asn_owner,
      ASN = props.asn,
      ProviderName = 'CYFIRMA',
      ProductName = 'DeCYFIR/DeTCT'
  | project
      IPv4,
      IPv6,
      URL,
      Domain,
      ThreatActors,
      RecommendedActions,
      Sources,
      Roles,
      Country,
      IPAbuse,
      name,
      Description,
      ConfidenceScore,
      IndicatorID,
      created,
      modified,
      valid_from,
      Tags,
      ThreatType,
      TimeGenerated,
      SecurityVendors,
      ProductName,
      ProviderName  
enabled: false
name: CYFIRMA - High severity Command & Control Network Indicators with Monitor Recommendation Rule
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: IPv4
    identifier: Address
  entityType: IP
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: IPv6
    identifier: Address
  entityType: IP
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: Domain
    identifier: DomainName
  entityType: DNS
- fieldMappings:
  - columnName: URL
    identifier: Url
  entityType: URL
incidentConfiguration:
  groupingConfiguration:
    lookbackDuration: PT5H
    reopenClosedIncident: false
    matchingMethod: AllEntities
    enabled: false
  createIncident: true
suppressionDuration: 5m
suppressionEnabled: true
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: 'High-Confidence Command & Control Network Indicators with Monitor Recommendation Rule - {{name}} '
  alertDescriptionFormat: '{{Description}} - {{name}} '
  alertDynamicProperties:
  - value: ProductName
    alertProperty: ProductName
  - value: ProviderName
    alertProperty: ProviderName
description: |
  "This analytics rule detects network-based indicators identified by CYFIRMA threat intelligence as associated with Command & Control (C2) infrastructure.
  These may represent attacker-controlled endpoints used to maintain persistence, exfiltrate data, or receive commands from malware-infected hosts."  
kind: Scheduled
version: 1.0.1
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Cyfirma Cyber Intelligence/Analytic Rules/C2NetworkIndicatorsMonitorHighSeverityRule.yaml
queryFrequency: 5m
severity: High
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: CyfirmaCyberIntelligenceDC
  dataTypes:
  - CyfirmaIndicators_CL
triggerOperator: GreaterThan
triggerThreshold: 0
startTimeUtc: 
customDetails:
  SecurityVendors: SecurityVendors
  ValidFrom: valid_from
  IPAbuse: IPAbuse
  ThreatType: ThreatType
  TimeGenerated: TimeGenerated
  Roles: Roles
  Tags: Tags
  Description: Description
  Modified: modified
  IndicatorID: IndicatorID
  Created: created
  ThreatActors: ThreatActors
  RecommendedActions: RecommendedActions
  ConfidenceScore: ConfidenceScore
  Sources: Sources
  Country: Country
tactics:
- CommandAndControl
- InitialAccess
- Exfiltration
id: 6d8fb3fe-2501-4103-8137-34261fa3a596
relevantTechniques:
- T1071
- T1090
- T1573
- T1105
- T1568
- T1566
- T1041
- T1071.001
- T1573.001
- T1568.002
- T1566.002

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