okta_suspicious_use_of_a_session_cookie


Description

Detects when an adversary attempts to reuse a stolen web session cookie in a different device that has a different OS, IP, Browser or User Agent.

Query · yara_l

events:
    $login.metadata.product_name = "Okta"
    $login.metadata.vendor_name = "Okta"
    $login.metadata.event_type = "USER_UNCATEGORIZED"
    $login.metadata.product_event_type = "policy.evaluate_sign_on"
    (
        $login.security_result.action = "ALLOW" or
        $login.security_result.action = "ALLOW_WITH_MODIFICATION" or
        $login.security_result.action = "CHALLENGE"
    )
    $login.principal.user.userid = $userid
    $login.security_result.detection_fields["dtHash"] = $dtHash

  match:
    $userid, $dtHash over 1h

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(35)
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Credential Access"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "Steal Web Session Cookie"
    $target_os = array_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.os)
    $dc_target_os = count_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.os)
    $target_browser = array_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.browser)
    $dc_target_browser = count_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.browser)
    $target_user_agent = array_distinct($login.network.http.user_agent)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($login.principal.ip)
    $dc_principal_ip = count_distinct($login.principal.ip)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $principal_ip_city = array_distinct($login.principal.location.city)
    $dc_principal_ip_city = count_distinct($login.principal.location.city)
    $security_result_summary = array_distinct($login.security_result.summary)
    $principal_user_managers_email_addresses = array_distinct($login.principal.user.managers.email_addresses)
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($login.principal.user.userid)

  condition:
    $login and $dc_principal_ip > 1 and ($dc_target_browser > 1 or $dc_target_os > 1)
Raw source okta_suspicious_use_of_a_session_cookie · YARA-L
Esc
Published by chronicle/detection-rules ↗, licensed under Apache 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule okta_suspicious_use_of_a_session_cookie {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Detects when an adversary attempts to reuse a stolen web session cookie in a different device that has a different OS, IP, Browser or User Agent."
    rule_id = "mr_913cbc7a-86c9-46a4-b822-023b4aa17106"
    rule_name = "Okta Suspicious Use Of A Session Cookie"
    reference = "https://sec.okta.com/sessioncookietheft"
    mitre_attack_tactic = "Credential Access"
    mitre_attack_technique = "Steal Web Session Cookie"
    mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1539/"
    mitre_attack_version = "v13.1"
    type = "Alert"
    data_source = "Okta"
    severity = "Medium"
    priority = "Medium"

  events:
    $login.metadata.product_name = "Okta"
    $login.metadata.vendor_name = "Okta"
    $login.metadata.event_type = "USER_UNCATEGORIZED"
    $login.metadata.product_event_type = "policy.evaluate_sign_on"
    (
        $login.security_result.action = "ALLOW" or
        $login.security_result.action = "ALLOW_WITH_MODIFICATION" or
        $login.security_result.action = "CHALLENGE"
    )
    $login.principal.user.userid = $userid
    $login.security_result.detection_fields["dtHash"] = $dtHash

  match:
    $userid, $dtHash over 1h

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(35)
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Credential Access"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "Steal Web Session Cookie"
    $target_os = array_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.os)
    $dc_target_os = count_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.os)
    $target_browser = array_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.browser)
    $dc_target_browser = count_distinct($login.network.http.parsed_user_agent.browser)
    $target_user_agent = array_distinct($login.network.http.user_agent)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($login.principal.ip)
    $dc_principal_ip = count_distinct($login.principal.ip)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $principal_ip_city = array_distinct($login.principal.location.city)
    $dc_principal_ip_city = count_distinct($login.principal.location.city)
    $security_result_summary = array_distinct($login.security_result.summary)
    $principal_user_managers_email_addresses = array_distinct($login.principal.user.managers.email_addresses)
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($login.principal.user.userid)

  condition:
    $login and $dc_principal_ip > 1 and ($dc_target_browser > 1 or $dc_target_os > 1)
}

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