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Exabeam Threat Intelligence Service

The Exabeam Threat Intelligence Service delivers up-to-date threat indicators, on a daily basis, to Data Lake deployments. Threat indicator data is stored in context tables that are associated with each feed. These threat indicators provide enhanced data based on curated threat intelligence.

The table below lists the categories of threat indicators provided by each threat intelligence feed and the rules that leverage each feed. For detailed tables mapping use cases and rules for each corresponding context table, see the Exabeam Community article: TIS-populated Context Tables Mapped to Rules.

Note

All of the threat intelligence feeds, except the TOR network category, provide curated threat intelligence from ZeroFox. The TOR network feed is an open source data feed.

IoC Category

Rules

Ransomeware IP

IP addresses associated with ransomware attacks

  • Auth-Ransomware-Shost

  • Auth-Ransomware-Shost-Failed

  • A-NET-Ransomware-IP

  • A-NETF-Ransomware-IP

  • WEB-UI-Ransomware

Threat IP

IP addresses associated with ransomware or malware attacks

  • VPN02

  • Auth-Blacklist-Shost

  • Auth-Blacklist-Shost-Failed

  • EPA-PI-ThreatIp

  • A-NET-TI-IP-Outbound

  • A-NETF-TI-IP-Outbound

  • A-NET-TI-IP-Inbound

  • A-WEB-Reputation-IP

  • EPA-PI-ThreatIp

  • WEB-UI-Reputation

Reputation Domain

Domain names and URLs associated with sites that often contain malware, drive-by compromises, and more

  • WEB-UD-Reputation

  • A-WEB-Reputation-Domain

  • A-NET-TI-H-Outbound

  • A-NETF-TI-H-Outbound

  • A-NET-TI-H-Inbound

  • A-DNS-MALDOM-QUERY

  • A-DNS-MALDOM-RESPONSE

Web Phishing

Domain names associated with phishing or ransomware

WEB-UD-Phishing

TOR IP

IP addresses associated with the TOR network

  • Auth-Tor-Shost-Failed

  • Auth-Tor-Shost

  • EPA-PI-TorIp

  • WEB-UI-Tor

  • A-NET-TOR-Outbound

  • A-NETF-TOR-Outbound

  • A-NET-TOR-Inbound

Cloud-delivered deployments of Advanced Analytics and Data Lake connect to the Threat Intelligence Service (TIS) through an Exabeam Data Service (EDS) cloud connector, as shown in the image below. The cloud connector service provides authentication and establishes a secure connection to the Threat Intelligence Service. The cloud connector service collects updated threat indicators from the Threat Intelligence Service and makes them available within Advanced Analytics and Data Lake on a daily basis.

TIS Diagram with Threat Intelligence Source connecting to TIS and TIS connecting EDS Cloud Connector.

For on-premise deployments of Advanced Analytics and Data Lake, threat indicators are downloaded directly from the Threat Intelligence Service on a daily basis.

For more information about the Threat Intelligence Service, contact your technical account manager.

Threat Intelligence Service Prerequisites

Before configuring Threat Intelligence Service, ensure your deployment meets the following prerequisites:

  • Advanced Analytics i46 or later Data Lake i24 or later with a valid license

  • At least 5 Mbps Internet connection

  • Access to https://api.cloud.exabeam.com over HTTPS port 443

  • DNS resolution for Internet hostnames (this will only be used to resolve to https://api.cloud.exabeam.com)

Note

Ensure dynamic access is enabled as the IP address may change. Also, for this reason, firewall rules for static IP and port addresses are not supported.

View Threat Intelligence Feeds

To view threat intelligence feeds in Data Lake, open the Settings page. Navigate to the Cloud Config tile and select Threat Intelligence Feeds.

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The Threat Intelligence Feeds page displays a list of the feeds provided by the cloud-based Exabeam Threat Intelligence service. The list includes the following information about each feed:

  • Type: The type of feed (for example, domain list, IP list, etc.)

  • Name: The name of the feed (given by the cloud-based service)

  • Description: A short description of the feed

  • Context Tables: The context tables associated with the feed

  • Status: Indicates the availability of the feed in the cloud-based service

  • Updated: The date and time the feed was last updated from the cloud service

Cloud Config in Settings to select Threat Intelligence Feeds.

To view additional detailed information about a specific feed, click the arrow to the left of the feed. An additional view expands with more information, including ID, Source URL, Indicator in Context Tables, Retrieved from Source, and Feed Indicator Sample.

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For information about context tables and how they are related to threat intelligence feeds, see Threat Intelligence Context Tables.

Threat Intelligence Context Tables

Data provided by threat intelligence feeds is stored in context tables associated with each feed. By default, feeds are initially associated with existing context tables. As a result, when your Data Lake deployment is connected to the Threat Intelligence Service, it immediately begins collecting threat intelligence data.

In Advanced Analytics, the data in context tables can be leveraged by creating rules that match log events to indicators stored in a threat intelligence context table. If the RuleExpression logic finds a match, an event can be identified as malicious without further analysis.

In Data Lake, the data in context tables can help to enrich log event data.

For more information about working with context tables, see the following:

Note

To view a sample list of Threat Intelligence Service indicator sources see the Exabeam Community.

View Threat Intelligence Context Tables

To view the current context tables provided by the Threat Intelligence Service, log into your instance of Data Lake and open the Settings page. Navigate to the Context Management tile and select Context Tables.

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The Context Tables page displays a list of all the context tables currently provided by the Exabeam Threat Intelligence service. To locate a specific context table, scroll through the list or use the search feature search-icon.png.

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To view information about keys and values associated with a specific context table, click the table name. A new expanded view of the table is displayed.

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Assign a Threat Intelligence Feed to a New Context Table

Some threat intelligence feeds are pre-assigned to specific context tables. However, you can easily add, remove, or change feed assignments. You can configure feed assignments in one of two ways, individually or in bulk.

Note

You cannot unassign default context table mappings.

Individual Feed Assignment

To change the assignment of a single threat intelligence feed to one or more context tables:

  1. Navigate to the Threat Intelligence Feeds page, as described in View Threat Intelligence Feeds.

  2. Find the feed whose context table assignments you want to change and, in the Status column, click edit A pen shaped edit icon.. A list of the available context tables opens.

    single-feed-assign.png
  3. Use the check boxes on the left of each context table to assign or unassign the threat intelligence feed. A single feed can be assigned or unassigned to multiple context tables.

  4. To view the existing threat indicators in a specific context table, click view view-icon.png. A new window opens and displays a list of keys and values for the indicators included in the context table. Click OK to close the window.

  5. When you've finished assigning or unassigning the feed to specific context tables, click Apply to save the updated assignments.

Bulk Feed Assignment

To change the assignment of multiple threat intelligence feeds to one or more context tables:

  1. Navigate to the Threat Intelligence Feeds page, as described in View Threat Intelligence Feeds.

  2. Use the check boxes on the left of each feed to select multiple feeds whose assignment you want to change.

    bulk-feed-assign.png
  3. At the top of the feeds list, click Assign or Unassign, depending on what changes you want to make.

    • Assign: A list of the available context tables opens in a new window. Use the check boxes on the left to select context tables. To see the indicators included in each table, click viewview-icon.png. When you've completed your table selections, click Assign. All of the specified feeds will be assigned to the selected context tables.

    • Unassign: All of the specified feeds will be unassigned from their context tables.

Create a New Context Table from a Threat Intelligence Feed

New context tables can be created from specific threat intelligence feeds. You can create new context tables in one of two ways, from an individual feed or from multiple feeds in bulk.

Create a Table from a Single Feed

To create a new context table from a single threat intelligence feed:

  1. Navigate to the Threat Intelligence Feeds page, as described in View Threat Intelligence Feeds.

  2. Find the feed from which you want to create a new content table and, in the Status column, click edit A pen shaped edit icon.. A list of the existing context tables opens.

  3. At the bottom of the list, select the Add Context Table option. A set of options for creating a new context table is displayed.

    new-context-table.png
  4. Enter the Title, Object Type, and Type information to define the new context table.

  5. Click Add to save the new context table.

Create a Table from Multiple Feeds

To create a new context table from a bulk selection of threat intelligence feeds:

  1. Navigate to the Threat Intelligence Feeds page, as described in View Threat Intelligence Feeds.

  2. Use the check boxes on the left of each feed to select multiple feeds from which you want to create a new context table.

  3. At the top of the feeds list, click Assign. A list of the existing context tables opens.

    bulk-feed-create-table.png
  4. At the bottom of the list, select the Add Context Table option. A set of options for creating a new context table is displayed.

    new-context-table-bulk.png
  5. Enter the Title, Object Type, and Type information to define the new context table.

  6. Click Add to save the new context table.

Using Threat Intelligence Service with Data Lake

Within Data Lake, Threat Intelligence Service feeds enrich log event data with the following fields:

  • is_threat_src_ip – Checks if the event’s source IP is associated with malware traffic.

  • is_threat_dest_ip – Checks if the event’s destination IP is associated with malware traffic.

  • is_ransomware_src_ip – Checks if the event’s source IP is associated with ransomware campaigns.

  • is_ransomware_dest_ip – Checks if the event’s destination IP is associated with ransomware campaigns.

  • is_tor_src_ip – Checks if the event’s source IP is associated with TOR exit nodes.

  • is_tor_dest_ip – Checks if the event’s destination IP is associated with TOR exit nodes.

  • is_reputation_domain – Checks if the event’s domain activity is associated with malware traffic.

  • is_phishing_uri– Checks if the event’s domain activity is associated with phishing attacks.

Use these fields to focus searches, create dashboards, create visualizations, and more in the Data Lake UI.