Detection rules › YARA-L

VT Relationships File Contacts Domain

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

Alert on known Hash querying a known hostname with VT Relationships

Telemetry coverage

ProviderRecord / event type
SysmonEvent ID 22: DNSEvent (DNS query)

Rule body

// Copyright 2023 Google LLC. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

rule vt_relationships_file_contacts_domain {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Alert on known Hash querying a known hostname with VT Relationships"
    rule_id = "mr_42ee37ba-cb36-49f2-b784-05ca0bd55b9f"
    rule_name = "VT Relationships File Contacts Domain"
    type = "alert"
    tags = "vt"
    data_source = "microsoft sysmon, crowdstrike"
    severity = "High"
    priority = "High"

  events:
    $dns.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_DNS"
    $dns.principal.process.file.sha256 = $file_hash
    $dns.network.dns.questions.name = $domain
    strings.coalesce($dns.principal.hostname, $dns.target.user.userid) = $hostname_or_userid

    // Uses VirusTotal integration via entity graph, this section maps to principal process file hash
    $vt.graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
    $vt.graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"
    $vt.graph.metadata.vendor_name = "VirusTotal"
    $vt.graph.metadata.product_name = "VirusTotal Relationships"
    $vt.graph.entity.file.sha256 = $file_hash

    // Uses VirusTotal integration via entity graph, this section maps the hash to the domain it contacts
    $vt.graph.relations.entity_type = "DOMAIN_NAME"
    $vt.graph.relations.relationship = "CONTACTS"
    $vt.graph.relations.entity.domain.name = $domain

  match:
    $hostname_or_userid over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = 85
    $event_count = count_distinct($dns.metadata.id)
    $network_dns_questions_name = array_distinct($dns.network.dns.questions.name)
    $network_dns_answers_data = array_distinct($dns.network.dns.answers.data)
    // added to populate alert graph with additional context
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($dns.principal.ip)
    $target_ip = array_distinct($dns.target.ip)
    $principal_process_pid = array_distinct($dns.principal.process.pid)
    $principal_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($dns.principal.process.file.full_path)
    $principal_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($dns.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($dns.principal.user.userid)
    $principal_process_command_line = array_distinct($dns.principal.process.command_line)
    $principal_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($dns.principal.process.file.sha256)
    $principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($dns.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)

  condition:
    $dns and $vt
}

YARA-L rule structure

Condition

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

Events

$dns NETWORK_DNS (22)

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

$vt entity context (FILE)

  • graph.metadata.entity_type = "FILE"
  • graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"
  • graph.metadata.vendor_name = "VirusTotal"
  • graph.metadata.product_name = "VirusTotal Relationships"
  • graph.relations.entity_type = "DOMAIN_NAME"
  • graph.relations.relationship = "CONTACTS"

Match and correlation

Match key
$hostname_or_userid
Within
5m

Outcome

Outcome variables add context to a detection. When the rule generates an alert, $risk_score is displayed with it.

FieldExpression
risk_score85
event_countcount_distinct($dns.metadata.id)
network_dns_questions_namearray_distinct($dns.network.dns.questions.name)
network_dns_answers_dataarray_distinct($dns.network.dns.answers.data)
principal_iparray_distinct($dns.principal.ip)
target_iparray_distinct($dns.target.ip)
principal_process_pidarray_distinct($dns.principal.process.pid)
principal_process_file_full_patharray_distinct($dns.principal.process.file.full_path)
principal_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($dns.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
principal_user_useridarray_distinct($dns.principal.user.userid)
principal_process_command_linearray_distinct($dns.principal.process.command_line)
principal_process_file_sha256array_distinct($dns.principal.process.file.sha256)
principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_idarray_distinct($dns.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)