Detection rules › YARA-L
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) |