Squid proxy events related to mining pools

Severity: low
Time window: 1d
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'Checks for Squid proxy events in Syslog associated with common mining pools. This query presumes the default Squid log format is being used. http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/access_log/'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Command & Control	`T1102` Web Service

Rule body kusto

id: 80733eb7-35b2-45b6-b2b8-3c51df258206
name: Squid proxy events related to mining pools
description: |
  'Checks for Squid proxy events in Syslog associated with common mining pools. This query presumes the default Squid log format is being used.
   http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/access_log/'
severity: Low
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Syslog
    dataTypes:
      - Syslog
  - connectorId: SyslogAma
    dataTypes:
      - Syslog
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - CommandAndControl
relevantTechniques:
  - T1102
query: |
  let DomainList = dynamic(["monerohash.com", "do-dear.com", "xmrminerpro.com", "secumine.net", "xmrpool.com", "minexmr.org", "hashanywhere.com", "xmrget.com",
  "mininglottery.eu", "minergate.com", "moriaxmr.com", "multipooler.com", "moneropools.com", "xmrpool.eu", "coolmining.club", "supportxmr.com",
  "minexmr.com", "hashvault.pro", "xmrpool.net", "crypto-pool.fr", "xmr.pt", "miner.rocks", "walpool.com", "herominers.com", "gntl.co.uk", "semipool.com",
  "coinfoundry.org", "cryptoknight.cc", "fairhash.org", "baikalmine.com", "tubepool.xyz", "fairpool.xyz", "asiapool.io", "coinpoolit.webhop.me", "nanopool.org",
  "moneropool.com", "miner.center", "prohash.net", "poolto.be", "cryptoescrow.eu", "monerominers.net", "cryptonotepool.org", "extrmepool.org", "webcoin.me",
  "kippo.eu", "hashinvest.ws", "monero.farm", "supportxmr.com", "xmrpool.eu", "linux-repository-updates.com", "1gh.com", "dwarfpool.com", "hash-to-coins.com",
  "hashvault.pro", "pool-proxy.com", "hashfor.cash", "fairpool.cloud", "litecoinpool.org", "mineshaft.ml", "abcxyz.stream", "moneropool.ru", "cryptonotepool.org.uk",
  "extremepool.org", "extremehash.com", "hashinvest.net", "unipool.pro", "crypto-pools.org", "monero.net", "backup-pool.com", "mooo.com", "freeyy.me", "cryptonight.net",
  "shscrypto.net"]);
  Syslog
  | where ProcessName contains "squid"
  | extend URL = extract("(([A-Z]+ [a-z]{4,5}:\\/\\/)|[A-Z]+ )([^ :]*)",3,SyslogMessage),
          SourceIP = extract("([0-9]+ )(([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3}))",2,SyslogMessage),
          Status = extract("(TCP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*)|UDP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*))",1,SyslogMessage),
          HTTP_Status_Code = extract("(TCP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*)|UDP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*))/([0-9]{3})",8,SyslogMessage),
          User = extract("(CONNECT |GET )([^ ]* )([^ ]+)",3,SyslogMessage),
          RemotePort = extract("(CONNECT |GET )([^ ]*)(:)([0-9]*)",4,SyslogMessage),
          Domain = extract("(([A-Z]+ [a-z]{4,5}:\\/\\/)|[A-Z]+ )([^ :\\/]*)",3,SyslogMessage),
          Bytes = toint(extract("([A-Z]+\\/[0-9]{3} )([0-9]+)",2,SyslogMessage)),
          contentType = extract("([a-z/]+$)",1,SyslogMessage)
  | extend TLD = extract("\\.[a-z]*$",0,Domain)
  | where HTTP_Status_Code == '200'
  | where Domain contains "."
  | where Domain has_any (DomainList)
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(User, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: User
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SourceIP
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: URL
version: 1.0.4
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: `DomainList`

let DomainList = dynamic(["monerohash.com", "do-dear.com", "xmrminerpro.com", "secumine.net", "xmrpool.com", "minexmr.org", "hashanywhere.com", "xmrget.com",
"mininglottery.eu", "minergate.com", "moriaxmr.com", "multipooler.com", "moneropools.com", "xmrpool.eu", "coolmining.club", "supportxmr.com",
"minexmr.com", "hashvault.pro", "xmrpool.net", "crypto-pool.fr", "xmr.pt", "miner.rocks", "walpool.com", "herominers.com", "gntl.co.uk", "semipool.com",
"coinfoundry.org", "cryptoknight.cc", "fairhash.org", "baikalmine.com", "tubepool.xyz", "fairpool.xyz", "asiapool.io", "coinpoolit.webhop.me", "nanopool.org",
"moneropool.com", "miner.center", "prohash.net", "poolto.be", "cryptoescrow.eu", "monerominers.net", "cryptonotepool.org", "extrmepool.org", "webcoin.me",
"kippo.eu", "hashinvest.ws", "monero.farm", "supportxmr.com", "xmrpool.eu", "linux-repository-updates.com", "1gh.com", "dwarfpool.com", "hash-to-coins.com",
"hashvault.pro", "pool-proxy.com", "hashfor.cash", "fairpool.cloud", "litecoinpool.org", "mineshaft.ml", "abcxyz.stream", "moneropool.ru", "cryptonotepool.org.uk",
"extremepool.org", "extremehash.com", "hashinvest.net", "unipool.pro", "crypto-pools.org", "monero.net", "backup-pool.com", "mooo.com", "freeyy.me", "cryptonight.net",
"shscrypto.net"]);

Stage 1: `source`

Syslog

Stage 2: `where`

| where ProcessName contains "squid"

Stage 3: `extend`

| extend URL = extract("(([A-Z]+ [a-z]{4,5}:\\/\\/)|[A-Z]+ )([^ :]*)",3,SyslogMessage),
        SourceIP = extract("([0-9]+ )(([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3}))",2,SyslogMessage),
        Status = extract("(TCP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*)|UDP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*))",1,SyslogMessage),
        HTTP_Status_Code = extract("(TCP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*)|UDP_(([A-Z]+)(_[A-Z]+)*))/([0-9]{3})",8,SyslogMessage),
        User = extract("(CONNECT |GET )([^ ]* )([^ ]+)",3,SyslogMessage),
        RemotePort = extract("(CONNECT |GET )([^ ]*)(:)([0-9]*)",4,SyslogMessage),
        Domain = extract("(([A-Z]+ [a-z]{4,5}:\\/\\/)|[A-Z]+ )([^ :\\/]*)",3,SyslogMessage),
        Bytes = toint(extract("([A-Z]+\\/[0-9]{3} )([0-9]+)",2,SyslogMessage)),
        contentType = extract("([a-z/]+$)",1,SyslogMessage)

Stage 4: `extend`

| extend TLD = extract("\\.[a-z]*$",0,Domain)

Stage 5: `where`

| where HTTP_Status_Code == '200'

Stage 6: `where`

| where Domain contains "."

Stage 7: `where`

| where Domain has_any (DomainList)

References DomainList (defined above).

Stage 8: `extend`

| extend AccountName = tostring(split(User, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(User, "@")[1])

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
`Domain`	contains	`.`
`Domain`	match	`1gh.com` `abcxyz.stream` `asiapool.io` `backup-pool.com` `baikalmine.com` `coinfoundry.org` `coinpoolit.webhop.me` `coolmining.club` `crypto-pool.fr` `crypto-pools.org` `cryptoescrow.eu` `cryptoknight.cc` `cryptonight.net` `cryptonotepool.org` `cryptonotepool.org.uk` `do-dear.com` `dwarfpool.com` `extremehash.com` `extremepool.org` `extrmepool.org` `fairhash.org` `fairpool.cloud` `fairpool.xyz` `freeyy.me` `gntl.co.uk` `hash-to-coins.com` `hashanywhere.com` `hashfor.cash` `hashinvest.net` `hashinvest.ws` `hashvault.pro` `herominers.com` `kippo.eu` `linux-repository-updates.com` `litecoinpool.org` `miner.center` `miner.rocks` `minergate.com` `mineshaft.ml` `minexmr.com` `minexmr.org` `mininglottery.eu` `monero.farm` `monero.net` `monerohash.com` `monerominers.net` `moneropool.com` `moneropool.ru` `moneropools.com` `mooo.com` `moriaxmr.com` `multipooler.com` `nanopool.org` `pool-proxy.com` `poolto.be` `prohash.net` `secumine.net` `semipool.com` `shscrypto.net` `supportxmr.com` `tubepool.xyz` `unipool.pro` `walpool.com` `webcoin.me` `xmr.pt` `xmrget.com` `xmrminerpro.com` `xmrpool.com` `xmrpool.eu` `xmrpool.net`
`HTTP_Status_Code`	eq	`200` transforms: `cased`
`ProcessName`	contains	`squid`

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
`Bytes`	`extend`
`Domain`	`extend`
`HTTP_Status_Code`	`extend`
`RemotePort`	`extend`
`SourceIP`	`extend`
`Status`	`extend`
`URL`	`extend`
`User`	`extend`
`contentType`	`extend`
`TLD`	`extend`
`AccountName`	`extend`
`AccountUPNSuffix`	`extend`

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`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)

Squid proxy events related to mining pools

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: `DomainList`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend`

Stage 4: `extend`

Stage 5: `where`

Stage 6: `where`

Stage 7: `where`

Stage 8: `extend`

Indicators

Output fields

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Search operators

Squid proxy events related to mining pools

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: DomainList

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: extend

Stage 4: extend

Stage 5: where

Stage 6: where

Stage 7: where

Stage 8: extend

Indicators

Output fields

Let binding: `DomainList`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend`

Stage 4: `extend`

Stage 5: `where`

Stage 6: `where`

Stage 7: `where`

Stage 8: `extend`