Detection rules › YARA-L
Safebrowsing Process Creation Hashes Seen More Than 7 Days
Identify process and file creation using safe browsing hashes where the first and last seen are more than 7 days apart
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 1 | Process creation |
| Sysmon | Event ID 11 | FileCreate |
| Security-Auditing | Event ID 4688 | A new process has been created. |
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
$safebrowse
graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"graph.metadata.product_name = "Google Safe Browsing"graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"
$seen
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
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | max( if($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) |
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($execution.target.process.command_line) |
target_process_file_full_path | array_distinct($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) |