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GCTI Benign Binaries Contacts Tor Exit Node
Alert on Benign Binary contacting a TOR IP
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Command & Control | T1090.003 Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy |
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 3 | Network connection |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 5156 | The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a connection. |
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
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
$tor
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
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | max( if($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($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Syria", 20) ) |
event_count | count_distinct($network.metadata.id) |
tor_ip_country | array_distinct($network.target.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region) |
principal_ip | array_distinct($network.principal.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($network.target.process.product_specific_process_id) |
principal_user_userid | array_distinct($network.principal.user.userid) |
target_user_userid | array_distinct($network.target.user.userid) |