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GCTI Benign Binaries Contacts Tor Exit Node

Severity
high
Type
alert
Time window
5m
Match by
ip
Author
Google Cloud Security
Source
github.com/chronicle/detection-rules

Alert on Benign Binary contacting a TOR IP

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & ControlT1090.003 Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy

Event coverage

Rule body yaral

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rule gcti_benign_binaries_contacts_tor_exit_node {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Alert on Benign Binary contacting a TOR IP"
    rule_id = "mr_8bb13cf7-d66b-41f2-9bbc-0a1884a77f70"
    rule_name = "GCTI Benign Binaries Contacts Tor Exit Node"
    tactic = "TA0011"
    technique = "T1090.003"
    type = "alert"
    tags = "tor, benign binaries"
    data_source = "crowdstrike"
    severity = "High"
    priority = "High"

  events:
    $network.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_CONNECTION"
    $network.principal.process.file.sha256 = $benign_hash
    $network.target.ip = $ip

    // Benign Files provided by GCTI Feed
    $gcti_feed.graph.entity.file.sha256 = $benign_hash
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.vendor_name = "Google Cloud Threat Intelligence"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.product_name = "GCTI Feed"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.threat.threat_feed_name = "Benign Binaries"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

    // Tor IP listing provided by GCTI Feed
    $tor.graph.entity.artifact.ip = $ip
    $tor.graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"
    $tor.graph.metadata.threat.threat_feed_name = "Tor Exit Nodes"
    $tor.graph.metadata.vendor_name = "Google Cloud Threat Intelligence"
    $tor.graph.metadata.product_name = "GCTI Feed"
    $tor.graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

  match:
    $ip over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(
        if($tor.graph.metadata.threat.confidence = "HIGH_CONFIDENCE", 70) +
        // Unauthorized target geographies
        if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Cuba", 20) +
        if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Iran", 20) +
        if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "North Korea", 20) +
        if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Russia", 20) +
        if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Syria", 20)
    )
    $event_count = count_distinct($network.metadata.id)
    $tor_ip_country = array_distinct($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    // added to populate alert graph with additional context
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($network.principal.ip)
    // Commented out target.ip because it is already represented in graph as match variable. If match changes, can uncomment to add to results
    //$target_ip = array_distinct($network.target.ip)
    $principal_process_pid = array_distinct($network.principal.process.pid)
    $principal_process_command_line = array_distinct($network.principal.process.command_line)
    $principal_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($network.principal.process.file.sha256)
    $principal_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($network.principal.process.file.full_path)
    $principal_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($network.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
    $principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($network.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
    $target_process_pid = array_distinct($network.target.process.pid)
    $target_process_command_line = array_distinct($network.target.process.command_line)
    $target_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($network.target.process.file.sha256)
    $target_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($network.target.process.file.full_path)
    $target_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($network.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
    //$target_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($network.target.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($network.principal.user.userid)
    $target_user_userid = array_distinct($network.target.user.userid)

  condition:
    $network and $gcti_feed and $tor
}

Detection logic

Fires when at least one $network event in the 5m window and $gcti_feed matches entity context and $tor matches entity context.

Events

$gcti_feed entity context (FILE)

  • graph.metadata.vendor_name = "Google Cloud Threat Intelligence"
  • graph.metadata.product_name = "GCTI Feed"
  • graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
  • graph.metadata.threat.threat_feed_name = "Benign Binaries"
  • graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

$network NETWORK_CONNECTION (3, 5156)

No field filters (binds the event for correlation only).

$tor entity context (IP_ADDRESS)

  • graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"
  • graph.metadata.threat.threat_feed_name = "Tor Exit Nodes"
  • graph.metadata.vendor_name = "Google Cloud Threat Intelligence"
  • graph.metadata.product_name = "GCTI Feed"
  • graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

Correlation

Match key
$ip (target.ip)
Within
5m

Outcome

Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.

FieldExpression
risk_scoremax( if($tor.graph.metadata.threat.confidence = "HIGH_CONFIDENCE", 70) + if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Cuba", 20) + if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Iran", 20) + if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "North Korea", 20) + if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Russia", 20) + if($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Syria", 20) )
event_countcount_distinct($network.metadata.id)
tor_ip_countryarray_distinct($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
principal_iparray_distinct($network.principal.ip)
principal_process_pidarray_distinct($network.principal.process.pid)
principal_process_command_linearray_distinct($network.principal.process.command_line)
principal_process_file_sha256array_distinct($network.principal.process.file.sha256)
principal_process_file_full_patharray_distinct($network.principal.process.file.full_path)
principal_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($network.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($network.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
target_process_pidarray_distinct($network.target.process.pid)
target_process_command_linearray_distinct($network.target.process.command_line)
target_process_file_sha256array_distinct($network.target.process.file.sha256)
target_process_file_full_patharray_distinct($network.target.process.file.full_path)
target_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($network.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
principal_user_useridarray_distinct($network.principal.user.userid)
target_user_useridarray_distinct($network.target.user.userid)