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

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Id	75931755-27cd-4e4b-a51c-efcca452e2ff
Rulename	CYFIRMA - Medium 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	Medium
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/C2NetworkIndicatorsMonitorMediumSeverityRule.yaml
Version	1.0.1
Arm template	75931755-27cd-4e4b-a51c-efcca452e2ff.json

KQL

// Network Indicators query with Monitor Recommended Action And C2 Roles
let timeFrame= 5m;
CyfirmaIndicators_CL 
| where  (ConfidenceScore < 80 and ConfidenceScore >= 50)
    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

name: CYFIRMA - Medium severity Command & Control Network Indicators with Monitor Recommendation Rule
query: |
  // Network Indicators query with Monitor Recommended Action And C2 Roles
  let timeFrame= 5m;
  CyfirmaIndicators_CL 
  | where  (ConfidenceScore < 80 and ConfidenceScore >= 50)
      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  
queryFrequency: 5m
triggerOperator: GreaterThan
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - CyfirmaIndicators_CL
  connectorId: CyfirmaCyberIntelligenceDC
relevantTechniques:
- T1071
- T1090
- T1573
- T1105
- T1568
- T1566
- T1041
- T1071.001
- T1573.001
- T1568.002
- T1566.002
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDescriptionFormat: '{{Description}} - {{name}} '
  alertDynamicProperties:
  - alertProperty: ProductName
    value: ProductName
  - alertProperty: ProviderName
    value: ProviderName
  alertDisplayNameFormat: 'High-Confidence Command & Control Network Indicators with Monitor Recommendation Rule - {{name}} '
tactics:
- CommandAndControl
- InitialAccess
- Exfiltration
incidentConfiguration:
  createIncident: true
  groupingConfiguration:
    matchingMethod: AllEntities
    reopenClosedIncident: false
    lookbackDuration: PT5H
    enabled: false
enabled: false
entityMappings:
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: IPv4
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: IPv6
- entityType: DNS
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: DomainName
    columnName: Domain
- entityType: URL
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Url
    columnName: URL
triggerThreshold: 0
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Cyfirma Cyber Intelligence/Analytic Rules/C2NetworkIndicatorsMonitorMediumSeverityRule.yaml
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."  
version: 1.0.1
customDetails:
  IPAbuse: IPAbuse
  ConfidenceScore: ConfidenceScore
  SecurityVendors: SecurityVendors
  Tags: Tags
  Created: created
  ThreatType: ThreatType
  RecommendedActions: RecommendedActions
  TimeGenerated: TimeGenerated
  Description: Description
  IndicatorID: IndicatorID
  ThreatActors: ThreatActors
  Modified: modified
  Country: Country
  Roles: Roles
  Sources: Sources
  ValidFrom: valid_from
kind: Scheduled
suppressionEnabled: true
suppressionDuration: 5m
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
severity: Medium
id: 75931755-27cd-4e4b-a51c-efcca452e2ff
queryPeriod: 5m

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