Detection rules › YARA-L
YARA-L rules: 0i
| Rule | Severity |
|---|---|
| Google Cloud Service Account Key Created or Uploaded | medium |
| Google Safebrowsing With Prevalence | critical |
Google Cloud Service Account Key Created or Uploaded
#Detects when a service account key is created in or uploaded to a monitored Google Cloud project.
MITRE ATT&CK Coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Persistence |
References
Telemetry Coverage
Rules Detecting the Same Action
These rules filter on the same operation.
Rule Body
// Copyright 2024 Google LLC. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
rule google_cloud_service_account_key_created_or_uploaded {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Detects when a service account key is created in or uploaded to a monitored Google Cloud project."
rule_id = "mr_751d64b3-2aef-4c5b-bf39-abc6577f6ce8"
rule_name = "Google Cloud Service Account Key Created or Uploaded"
assumption = "Google SecOps is ingesting Google Cloud logs. Reference: https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/ingestion/cloud/ingest-gcp-logs"
type = "alert"
severity = "Medium"
priority = "Medium"
platform = "Google Cloud"
data_source = "GCP Cloud Audit"
mitre_attack_tactic = "Persistence"
mitre_attack_technique = "Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Credentials"
mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/001/"
mitre_attack_version = "v15"
reference = "https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/best-practices-for-managing-service-account-keys"
events:
$gc.metadata.log_type = "GCP_CLOUDAUDIT"
$gc.metadata.product_name = "Google Cloud IAM"
(
$gc.metadata.product_event_type = "google.iam.admin.v1.CreateServiceAccountKey" or
$gc.metadata.product_event_type = "google.iam.admin.v1.UploadServiceAccountKey"
)
$gc.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
$gc.security_result.detection_fields["key_id"] = $sa_key_id
match:
$sa_key_id over 30m
outcome:
$risk_score = max(65)
$mitre_attack_tactic = "Persistence"
$mitre_attack_technique = "Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Credentials"
$mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1098.001"
$event_count = count_distinct($gc.metadata.id)
$principal_ip = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip)
$principal_user_userid = array_distinct($gc.principal.user.userid)
$principal_ip_country = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
$principal_ip_state = array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
$principal_ip_city = array_distinct($gc.principal.location.city)
$security_result_summary = array_distinct($gc.security_result.summary)
$sa_key_expiry_date = array_distinct(timestamp.get_date(cast.as_int($gc.about.labels["res_valid_before_time"])))
condition:
$gc
}
YARA-L Rule Structure
Condition
Fires when at least one $gc event in the 30m window.
Events
$gc
metadata.log_type = "GCP_CLOUDAUDIT"metadata.product_event_typeis one of:google.iam.admin.v1.CreateServiceAccountKeygoogle.iam.admin.v1.UploadServiceAccountKey
security_result.action = "ALLOW"
Match and Correlation
Outcome
Outcome variables add context to a detection. When the rule generates an alert, $risk_score is displayed with it.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | max(65) |
event_count | count_distinct($gc.metadata.id) |
principal_ip | array_distinct($gc.principal.ip) |
principal_user_userid | array_distinct($gc.principal.user.userid) |
principal_ip_country | array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region) |
principal_ip_state | array_distinct($gc.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state) |
principal_ip_city | array_distinct($gc.principal.location.city) |
security_result_summary | array_distinct($gc.security_result.summary) |
sa_key_expiry_date | array_distinct(timestamp.get_date(cast.as_int($gc.about.labels["res_valid_before_time"]))) |
Google Safebrowsing With Prevalence
#Detect process launch events that correlate to Safe Browsing hash data and have low prevalence
Telemetry Coverage
| Provider | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1: Process creation |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688: A new process has been created. |
Rule Body
// Copyright 2023 Google LLC. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
rule google_safebrowsing_with_prevalence {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Detect process launch events that correlate to Safe Browsing hash data and have low prevalence"
rule_id = "mr_4b77947d-b7a5-4308-b54c-a87b2b1cb80f"
rule_name = "Google Safebrowsing With Prevalence"
type = "alert"
tags = "safe browsing, prevalence"
data_source = "microsoft sysmon"
severity = "Critical"
priority = "High"
events:
$execution.metadata.event_type = "PROCESS_LAUNCH"
$execution.principal.hostname = $hostname
$execution.target.process.file.sha256 = $hash
// Safe Browsing file hashes provided by GCTI Feed
$safebrowsing.graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
$safebrowsing.graph.metadata.threat.severity = "CRITICAL"
$safebrowsing.graph.metadata.product_name = "Google Safe Browsing"
$safebrowsing.graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"
$safebrowsing.graph.entity.file.sha256 = $hash
//derived from events ingested by Chronicle
$prevalence.graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
$prevalence.graph.metadata.source_type = "DERIVED_CONTEXT"
$prevalence.graph.entity.file.prevalence.day_count = 10
$prevalence.graph.entity.file.prevalence.rolling_max <= 3
$prevalence.graph.entity.file.prevalence.rolling_max > 0
$prevalence.graph.entity.file.sha256 = $hash
match:
$hostname, $hash over 5m
outcome:
$risk_score = 95
$event_count = count_distinct($execution.metadata.id)
// added to populate alert graph with additional context
// Commented out principal.hostname because it is already represented in graph as match variable. If match changes, can uncomment to add to results
//$principal_hostname = array_distinct($execution.principal.hostname)
$principal_process_pid = array_distinct($execution.principal.process.pid)
$principal_process_command_line = array_distinct($execution.principal.process.command_line)
$principal_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($execution.principal.process.file.sha256)
$principal_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($execution.principal.process.file.full_path)
$principal_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($execution.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
$principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($execution.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
$target_process_pid = array_distinct($execution.target.process.pid)
$target_process_command_line = array_distinct($execution.target.process.command_line)
$target_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($execution.target.process.file.sha256)
$target_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($execution.target.process.file.full_path)
$target_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($execution.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
$principal_user_userid = array_distinct($execution.principal.user.userid)
condition:
$execution and $safebrowsing and $prevalence
}
YARA-L Rule Structure
Condition
Fires when at least one $execution event in the 5m window and $safebrowsing matches entity context and $prevalence matches entity context.
Events
$execution
$prevalence
graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"graph.metadata.source_type = "DERIVED_CONTEXT"graph.entity.file.prevalence.day_count = "10"graph.entity.file.prevalence.rolling_max <= "3"graph.entity.file.prevalence.rolling_max > "0"
$safebrowsing
graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"graph.metadata.threat.severity = "CRITICAL"graph.metadata.product_name = "Google Safe Browsing"graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"
Match and Correlation
Outcome
Outcome variables add context to a detection. When the rule generates an alert, $risk_score is displayed with it.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | 95 |
event_count | count_distinct($execution.metadata.id) |
principal_process_pid | array_distinct($execution.principal.process.pid) |
principal_process_command_line | array_distinct($execution.principal.process.command_line) |
principal_process_file_sha256 | array_distinct($execution.principal.process.file.sha256) |
principal_process_file_full_path | array_distinct($execution.principal.process.file.full_path) |
principal_process_product_specific_process_id | array_distinct($execution.principal.process.product_specific_process_id) |
principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id | array_distinct($execution.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id) |
target_process_pid | array_distinct($execution.target.process.pid) |
target_process_command_line | array_distinct($execution.target.process.command_line) |
target_process_file_sha256 | array_distinct($execution.target.process.file.sha256) |
target_process_file_full_path | array_distinct($execution.target.process.file.full_path) |
target_process_product_specific_process_id | array_distinct($execution.target.process.product_specific_process_id) |
principal_user_userid | array_distinct($execution.principal.user.userid) |