aws_successful_api_from_tor_exit_node


Description

Detects successful API executions from a Tor exit node.

Query · yara_l

events:
    $api.metadata.vendor_name = "AMAZON"
    $api.metadata.product_name = "AWS CloudTrail"
    $api.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
    $api.principal.ip = $ip

    // Tor IP listing provided by GCTI Feed
    $gcti_feed.graph.entity.artifact.ip = $ip
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.threat.threat_feed_name = "Tor Exit Nodes"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.product_name = "GCTI Feed"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

  match:
    $ip over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(
        //Baseline
        35 +
        // Unauthorized geographies
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Cuba", 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Iran", 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "North Korea" , 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Russia", 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Syria", 40)
    )
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Execution"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "User Execution"
    $mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1204"
    $event_count = count_distinct($api.metadata.id)
    $network_http_user_agent = array_distinct($api.network.http.user_agent)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($api.principal.ip)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $principal_user_display_name = array_distinct($api.principal.user.user_display_name)
    $dc_principal_user_display_name = count_distinct($api.principal.user.user_display_name)
    $is_mfa_used = array_distinct($api.extensions.auth.auth_details)
    $target_resource_name = array_distinct($api.target.resource.name)
    $target_resource_product_object_id = array_distinct($api.target.resource.product_object_id)

  condition:
    $api and $gcti_feed
Raw source aws_successful_api_from_tor_exit_node · YARA-L
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Published by chronicle/detection-rules ↗, licensed under Apache 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
rule aws_successful_api_from_tor_exit_node {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Detects successful API executions from a Tor exit node."
    rule_id = "mr_17232c2a-188e-4d6e-85b6-836cdc779655"
    rule_name = "AWS Successful API From Tor Exit Node"
    mitre_attack_tactic = "Execution"
    mitre_attack_technique = "User Execution"
    mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1204/"
    mitre_attack_version = "v13.1"
    type = "Alert"
    data_source = "AWS CloudTrail"
    platform = "AWS"
    severity = "High"
    priority = "High"

  events:
    $api.metadata.vendor_name = "AMAZON"
    $api.metadata.product_name = "AWS CloudTrail"
    $api.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
    $api.principal.ip = $ip

    // Tor IP listing provided by GCTI Feed
    $gcti_feed.graph.entity.artifact.ip = $ip
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.entity_type = "IP_ADDRESS"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.threat.threat_feed_name = "Tor Exit Nodes"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.product_name = "GCTI Feed"
    $gcti_feed.graph.metadata.source_type = "GLOBAL_CONTEXT"

  match:
    $ip over 5m

  outcome:
    $risk_score = max(
        //Baseline
        35 +
        // Unauthorized geographies
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Cuba", 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Iran", 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "North Korea" , 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Russia", 40) +
        if($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Syria", 40)
    )
    $mitre_attack_tactic = "Execution"
    $mitre_attack_technique = "User Execution"
    $mitre_attack_technique_id = "T1204"
    $event_count = count_distinct($api.metadata.id)
    $network_http_user_agent = array_distinct($api.network.http.user_agent)
    $principal_ip = array_distinct($api.principal.ip)
    $principal_ip_country = array_distinct($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
    $principal_ip_state = array_distinct($api.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
    $principal_user_display_name = array_distinct($api.principal.user.user_display_name)
    $dc_principal_user_display_name = count_distinct($api.principal.user.user_display_name)
    $is_mfa_used = array_distinct($api.extensions.auth.auth_details)
    $target_resource_name = array_distinct($api.target.resource.name)
    $target_resource_product_object_id = array_distinct($api.target.resource.product_object_id)

  condition:
    $api and $gcti_feed
}

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