Detection rules › YARA-L
IOC IP Target
Detect network events that indicate communication to a watchlisted IP address
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 ioc_ip_target {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Detect network events that indicate communication to a watchlisted IP address"
rule_id = "mr_cb71b798-5931-47a9-8572-8166db41fc5c"
rule_name = "IOC IP Target"
type = "alert"
tags = "threat indicators"
assumption = "Assumes MISP data has been ingested into entity graph; this rule can be modified to utilize other TI indicators"
data_source = "microsoft windows events"
severity = "Medium"
priority = "Medium"
events:
$network.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_CONNECTION"
$network.target.ip = $ip
//Target IP is not part of RFC1918 space, can modify as needed
not net.ip_in_range_cidr($network.target.ip, "10.0.0.0/24")
not net.ip_in_range_cidr($network.target.ip, "172.16.0.0/12")
not net.ip_in_range_cidr($network.target.ip, "192.168.0.0/16")
// Correlates with MISP data; can be modified based on your MISP parser or other TI
$ioc.graph.metadata.product_name = "MISP"
$ioc.graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"
$ioc.graph.metadata.source_type = "ENTITY_CONTEXT"
$ioc.graph.entity.ip = $ip
match:
$ip over 5m
outcome:
$risk_score = 65
$event_count = count_distinct($network.metadata.id)
// 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 $ioc
}
Detection logic
Fires when at least one $network event in the 5m window and $ioc matches entity context.
Events
$ioc
graph.metadata.product_name = "MISP"graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"graph.metadata.source_type = "ENTITY_CONTEXT"
$network
target.ip cidr_match "10.0.0.0/24"target.ip cidr_match "172.16.0.0/12"target.ip cidr_match "192.168.0.0/16"
Correlation
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | 65 |
event_count | count_distinct($network.metadata.id) |
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) |
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) |