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IP Target Prevalence

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

Detect events that are communicating to IP addresses that have a low rolling max prevalence.

Event coverage

Rule body yaral

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rule ip_target_prevalence {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Detect events that are communicating to IP addresses that have a low rolling max prevalence."
    rule_id = "mr_0de02f28-2a7d-4128-aa31-02308491e744"
    rule_name = "IP Target Prevalence"
    type = "alert"
    tags = "prevalence"
    data_source = "crowdstrike, gcp firewall, microsoft sysmon, gcp scc, microsoft defender atp, corelight zeek, microsoft windows events"
    severity = "Low"
    priority = "Low"

  events:
    $network.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_CONNECTION"
    $network.target.ip = $ip

    // derived from events ingested by Google SecOps
    $prevalence.graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"
    $prevalence.graph.metadata.source_type = "DERIVED_CONTEXT"
    $prevalence.graph.entity.artifact.prevalence.day_count = 10
    $prevalence.graph.entity.artifact.prevalence.rolling_max <= 3
    $prevalence.graph.entity.artifact.prevalence.rolling_max > 0
    $prevalence.graph.entity.artifact.ip = $ip

  match:
    $ip over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = 35
    $event_count = count_distinct($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 $prevalence
}

Detection logic

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

Events

$network NETWORK_CONNECTION (3, 5156)

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

$prevalence entity context (IP_ADDRESS)

  • graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"
  • graph.metadata.source_type = "DERIVED_CONTEXT"
  • graph.entity.artifact.prevalence.day_count = "10"
  • graph.entity.artifact.prevalence.rolling_max <= "3"
  • graph.entity.artifact.prevalence.rolling_max > "0"

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_score35
event_countcount_distinct($network.metadata.id)
principal_iparray_distinct($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($network.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
target_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($network.target.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
principal_user_useridarray_distinct($network.principal.user.userid)
target_user_useridarray_distinct($network.target.user.userid)