Detection rules › YARA-L
VT Relationships File Downloaded From URL
Alert on downloading a known file hash from a known IP with VT Relationships.
Event coverage
| Provider | Event | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Sysmon | Event ID 11 | FileCreate |
Rule body yaral
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rule vt_relationships_file_downloaded_from_url {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Alert on downloading a known file hash from a known IP with VT Relationships."
rule_id = "mr_2890216d-6106-4841-b714-177f55ecc837"
rule_name = "VT Relationships File Downloaded From URL"
type = "alert"
tags = "vt"
data_source = "microsoft login events"
severity = "Critical"
priority = "Critical"
events:
// NETWORK_HTTP
$http.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_HTTP"
$http.principal.user.userid = $userid
$http.target.url = $url
// FILE_CREATION
$file.metadata.event_type = "FILE_CREATION"
$file.target.user.userid = $userid
$file.target.file.sha256 = $file_hash
//$vtUrl = strings.concat("https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/", $file.target.file.sha256)
// Network HTTP event must occur before the file creation event
$http.metadata.event_timestamp.seconds < $file.metadata.event_timestamp.seconds
// Uses VirusTotal integration via entity graph, this section maps to target 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 url it is downloaded from
$vt.graph.relations.entity_type = "URL"
$vt.graph.relations.relationship = "DOWNLOADED_FROM"
$vt.graph.relations.entity.url = $url
match:
$userid over 1m
outcome:
$risk_score = 95
//added to populate alert graph with additional context
$principal_hostname = array_distinct($http.principal.hostname)
$target_hostname = array_distinct($file.target.hostname)
$principal_process_pid = array_distinct($file.principal.process.pid)
$principal_process_command_line = array_distinct($file.principal.process.command_line)
$principal_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($file.principal.process.file.sha256)
$principal_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($file.principal.process.file.full_path)
$principal_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($file.principal.process.product_specific_process_id)
$principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($file.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
$target_process_pid = array_distinct($file.target.process.pid)
$target_process_command_line = array_distinct($file.target.process.command_line)
$target_process_file_sha256 = array_distinct($file.target.process.file.sha256)
$target_process_file_full_path = array_distinct($file.target.process.file.full_path)
$target_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($file.target.process.product_specific_process_id)
$target_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id = array_distinct($file.target.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id)
$principal_user_userid = array_distinct($file.principal.user.userid)
// Commented out target.user.userid because it is already represented in graph as match variable. If match changes, can uncomment to add to results
//$target_user_userid = array_distinct($file.target.user.userid)
$target_file_sha256 = array_distinct($file.target.file.sha256)
$target_file_full_path = array_distinct($file.target.file.full_path)
$target_url = array_distinct($http.target.url)
condition:
$http and $file and $vt
}
Detection logic
Fires when at least one $http event in the 1m window and at least one $file event in the 1m window and $vt matches entity context.
Events
$http
$file
$vt
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 = "URL"graph.relations.relationship = "DOWNLOADED_FROM"
Correlation
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | 95 |
principal_hostname | array_distinct($http.principal.hostname) |
target_hostname | array_distinct($file.target.hostname) |
principal_process_pid | array_distinct($file.principal.process.pid) |
principal_process_command_line | array_distinct($file.principal.process.command_line) |
principal_process_file_sha256 | array_distinct($file.principal.process.file.sha256) |
principal_process_file_full_path | array_distinct($file.principal.process.file.full_path) |
principal_process_product_specific_process_id | array_distinct($file.principal.process.product_specific_process_id) |
principal_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id | array_distinct($file.principal.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id) |
target_process_pid | array_distinct($file.target.process.pid) |
target_process_command_line | array_distinct($file.target.process.command_line) |
target_process_file_sha256 | array_distinct($file.target.process.file.sha256) |
target_process_file_full_path | array_distinct($file.target.process.file.full_path) |
target_process_product_specific_process_id | array_distinct($file.target.process.product_specific_process_id) |
target_process_parent_process_product_specific_process_id | array_distinct($file.target.process.parent_process.product_specific_process_id) |
principal_user_userid | array_distinct($file.principal.user.userid) |
target_file_sha256 | array_distinct($file.target.file.sha256) |
target_file_full_path | array_distinct($file.target.file.full_path) |
target_url | array_distinct($http.target.url) |