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CYFIRMA - High severity TOR Node Network Indicators - Monitor Recommended Rule

This is a third-party alert feed, not a detection over modeled telemetry. The vendor product raised the finding; this rule forwards it into the SIEM. It is searchable for reference but is excluded from the detection-rule browse and the ATT&CK coverage matrix.

Severity: high
Time window: 5m
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

"This KQL query identifies network-based indicators from CYFIRMA intelligence that are associated with the role 'TOR'. These indicators may include IP addresses, domains, and URLs related to Tor network activity. Threat actors often use Tor for anonymous communication, command and control, data exfiltration, and evasion of network defenses."

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Reconnaissance	`T1595.002` Active Scanning: Vulnerability Scanning
Initial Access	`T1189` Drive-by Compromise
Persistence	`T1505.003` Server Software Component: Web Shell
Command & Control	`T1071.001` Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols, `T1090.003` Proxy: Multi-hop Proxy, `T1572` Protocol Tunneling
Exfiltration	`T1048.002` Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Asymmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol

Rule body kusto

id: 6f107cf8-02f9-4440-b5d8-1235293e5ad7
name: CYFIRMA - High severity TOR Node Network Indicators - Monitor Recommended Rule
description: |
  "This KQL query identifies network-based indicators from CYFIRMA intelligence that are associated with the role 'TOR'. 
  These indicators may include IP addresses, domains, and URLs related to Tor network activity. 
  Threat actors often use Tor for anonymous communication, command and control, data exfiltration, and evasion of network defenses."
version: 1.0.1
kind: Scheduled
severity: High
enabled: false
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: CyfirmaCyberIntelligenceDC
    dataTypes:
      - CyfirmaIndicators_CL
query: |
  //TOR Node Network Indicators - Monitor Recommended 
  let timeFrame= 5m;
  CyfirmaIndicators_CL 
  | where ConfidenceScore >= 80
      and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())
      and pattern !contains 'file:hashes' and RecommendedActions has 'Monitor' and Roles has 'TOR'
  | extend IPv4 = extract(@"ipv4-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend IPv6 = extract(@"ipv6-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend URL = extract(@"url:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend Domain = extract(@"domain-name:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
  | extend parsed = parse_json(extensions)
  | extend extensionKeys = bag_keys(parsed)
  | mv-expand extensionKeys
  | extend extensionKeyStr = tostring(extensionKeys)
  | extend ext = parsed[extensionKeyStr]
  | extend props = ext.properties
  | extend 
      extension_id = extensionKeyStr,
      ASN_Owner = props.asn_owner,
      ASN = props.asn,
      ProviderName = 'CYFIRMA',
      ProductName = 'DeCYFIR/DeTCT'
  | project
      IPv4,
      IPv6,
      URL,
      Domain,
      ThreatActors,
      RecommendedActions,
      Sources,
      Roles,
      Country,
      IPAbuse,
      name,
      Description,
      ConfidenceScore,
      IndicatorID,
      created,
      modified,
      valid_from,
      Tags,
      ThreatType,
      TimeGenerated,
      SecurityVendors,
      ProductName,
      ProviderName
queryFrequency: 5m
queryPeriod: 5m
triggerOperator: GreaterThan
triggerThreshold: 0
suppressionDuration: 5m
suppressionEnabled: true
tactics:
  - CommandAndControl
  - Exfiltration
  - InitialAccess
  - Persistence
  - Reconnaissance
relevantTechniques:
  - T1090
  - T1572
  - T1048
  - T1071
  - T1189
  - T1505
  - T1595
  - T1090.003
  - T1048.002
  - T1071.001
  - T1505.003
  - T1595.002
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: "High-Confidence TOR Node Network Indicators - Monitor Recommended - {{name}} "
  alertDescriptionFormat: "{{Description}} - {{name}} "
  alertDynamicProperties:
    - alertProperty: ProductName
      value: ProductName
    - alertProperty: ProviderName
      value: ProviderName
customDetails:
  ThreatActors: ThreatActors
  Sources: Sources
  RecommendedActions: RecommendedActions
  Roles: Roles
  Country: Country
  Description: Description
  ConfidenceScore: ConfidenceScore
  SecurityVendors: SecurityVendors
  IndicatorID: IndicatorID
  Created: created
  Modified: modified
  ValidFrom: valid_from
  Tags: Tags
  ThreatType: ThreatType
  TimeGenerated: TimeGenerated
  IPAbuse: IPAbuse
entityMappings:
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IPv4
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IPv6
  - entityType: DNS
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: DomainName
        columnName: Domain
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: URL
incidentConfiguration:
  createIncident: true
  groupingConfiguration:
    enabled: false
    reopenClosedIncident: false
    lookbackDuration: PT5H
    matchingMethod: AllEntities
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let timeFrame = 5m;

Stage 1: `source`

CyfirmaIndicators_CL

Stage 2: `where`

| where ConfidenceScore >= 80
    and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())
    and pattern !contains 'file:hashes' and RecommendedActions has 'Monitor' and Roles has 'TOR'

Stage 3: `extend` (6 consecutive steps)

| extend IPv4 = extract(@"ipv4-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend IPv6 = extract(@"ipv6-addr:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend URL = extract(@"url:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend Domain = extract(@"domain-name:value\s*=\s*'([^']+)'", 1, pattern)
| extend parsed = parse_json(extensions)
| extend extensionKeys = bag_keys(parsed)

Stage 4: `mv-expand`

| mv-expand extensionKeys

Stage 5: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

| extend extensionKeyStr = tostring(extensionKeys)
| extend ext = parsed[extensionKeyStr]
| extend props = ext.properties
| extend 
    extension_id = extensionKeyStr,
    ASN_Owner = props.asn_owner,
    ASN = props.asn,
    ProviderName = 'CYFIRMA',
    ProductName = 'DeCYFIR/DeTCT'

Stage 6: `project`

| project
    IPv4,
    IPv6,
    URL,
    Domain,
    ThreatActors,
    RecommendedActions,
    Sources,
    Roles,
    Country,
    IPAbuse,
    name,
    Description,
    ConfidenceScore,
    IndicatorID,
    created,
    modified,
    valid_from,
    Tags,
    ThreatType,
    TimeGenerated,
    SecurityVendors,
    ProductName,
    ProviderName

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

Field	Kind	Excluded values
`pattern`	contains	`file:hashes`

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`ConfidenceScore`	ge	`80` transforms: `cased`
`RecommendedActions`	match	`Monitor` transforms: `term`
`Roles`	match	`TOR` transforms: `term`

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`ConfidenceScore`	`project`
`Country`	`project`
`Description`	`project`
`Domain`	`project`
`IPAbuse`	`project`
`IPv4`	`project`
`IPv6`	`project`
`IndicatorID`	`project`
`ProductName`	`project`
`ProviderName`	`project`
`RecommendedActions`	`project`
`Roles`	`project`
`SecurityVendors`	`project`
`Sources`	`project`
`Tags`	`project`
`ThreatActors`	`project`
`ThreatType`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`project`
`URL`	`project`
`created`	`project`
`modified`	`project`
`name`	`project`
`valid_from`	`project`

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`d` / `u`	Half-page down / up
`gg` / `G`	Top / bottom
`h` / `l`	History back / forward
`f`	Follow link (`Shift` = new tab)
`/`	Focus search
`?`	Toggle this help
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Open highlighted result
`Esc`	Close results / dialog

`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

CYFIRMA - High severity TOR Node Network Indicators - Monitor Recommended Rule

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend` (6 consecutive steps)

Stage 4: `mv-expand`

Stage 5: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 6: `project`

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

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Search operators

CYFIRMA - High severity TOR Node Network Indicators - Monitor Recommended Rule

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: extend (6 consecutive steps)

Stage 4: mv-expand

Stage 5: extend (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 6: project

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend` (6 consecutive steps)

Stage 4: `mv-expand`

Stage 5: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 6: `project`