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Safebrowsing Process Creation Hashes Seen More Than 7 Days

Severity
medium
Type
alert
Time window
1h
Match by
sha256
Author
Google Cloud Security
Source
github.com/chronicle/detection-rules

Identify process and file creation using safe browsing hashes where the first and last seen are more than 7 days apart

Event coverage

Rule body yaral

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rule safebrowsing_process_creation_hashes_seen_more_than_7_days {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Identify process and file creation using safe browsing hashes where the first and last seen are more than 7 days apart"
    rule_id = "mr_9970945d-45cf-44ed-887a-ff876d5a072b"
    rule_name = "Safebrowsing Process Creation Hashes Seen More Than 7 Days"
    type = "alert"
    tags = "safe browsing, first last seen"
    data_source = "microsoft sysmon, crowdstrike"
    severity = "Medium"
    priority = "Medium"

  events:
    ($execution.metadata.event_type = "PROCESS_LAUNCH" or $execution.metadata.event_type = "FILE_CREATION")
    $execution.principal.hostname = $hostname
    $execution.target.process.file.sha256 = $sha256

    // Safe Browsing file hashes provided by GCTI Feed
    $safebrowse.graph.entity.file.sha256 = $sha256
    $safebrowse.graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
    $safebrowse.graph.metadata.product_name = "Google Safe Browsing"
    $safebrowse.graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

    // derived from events ingested by Google SecOps
    $seen.graph.entity.file.sha256 = $sha256
    $seen.graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
    $seen.graph.metadata.source_type = "DERIVED_CONTEXT"
    $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds > 0
    604800 <= $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds

  match:
    $sha256 over 1h

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max( if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds > 604800 and
        $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds < 1209600, 25, 0) +
            if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds >= 1209600 and
                $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds < 1814400, 50, 0) +
            if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds >= 1814400 and
                $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds < 2592000, 75, 0) +
            if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds >= 2592000, 100, 0))
    $event_count = count_distinct($execution.metadata.id)
    // added to populate alert graph with additional context
    $principal_hostname = array_distinct($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)
    // Commented out principal.hostname because it is already represented in graph as match variable. If match changes, can uncomment to add to results
    //$target_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($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)
    $target_file_sha256 = array_distinct($execution.target.file.sha256)
    $target_file_full_path = array_distinct($execution.target.file.full_path)

  condition:
    $execution and $safebrowse and $seen
}

Detection logic

Fires when at least one $execution event in the 1h window and $safebrowse matches entity context and $seen matches entity context.

Events

$execution PROCESS_LAUNCH (1, 11, 4688)

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

$safebrowse entity context (FILE)

  • graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
  • graph.metadata.product_name = "Google Safe Browsing"
  • graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

$seen entity context (FILE)

  • graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
  • graph.metadata.source_type = "DERIVED_CONTEXT"
  • graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds > "0"
  • graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds time_arithmetic "graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds" or "604800"

Correlation

Match key
$sha256 (target.process.file.sha256)
Within
1h

Outcome

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

FieldExpression
risk_scoremax( if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds > 604800 and $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds < 1209600, 25, 0) + if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds >= 1209600 and $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds < 1814400, 50, 0) + if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds >= 1814400 and $seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds < 2592000, 75, 0) + if($seen.graph.entity.file.last_seen_time.seconds - $seen.graph.entity.file.first_seen_time.seconds >= 2592000, 100, 0))
event_countcount_distinct($execution.metadata.id)
principal_hostnamearray_distinct($execution.principal.hostname)
principal_process_pidarray_distinct($execution.principal.process.pid)
principal_process_command_linearray_distinct($execution.principal.process.command_line)
principal_process_file_sha256array_distinct($execution.principal.process.file.sha256)
principal_process_file_full_patharray_distinct($execution.principal.process.file.full_path)
principal_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($execution.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($execution.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
target_process_pidarray_distinct($execution.target.process.pid)
target_process_command_linearray_distinct($execution.target.process.command_line)
target_process_file_full_patharray_distinct($execution.target.process.file.full_path)
target_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($execution.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
principal_user_useridarray_distinct($execution.principal.user.userid)
target_file_sha256array_distinct($execution.target.file.sha256)
target_file_full_patharray_distinct($execution.target.file.full_path)