In the release version 3.4, 11 new rules were added to detect possible APT Malware and 0-day attacks, which will be triggered when the base event matches an entry in the Threat Intelligence active lists and where the threat level is Medium or High. A new active channel has been added for monitoring those rules.

In the release version 3.3, we added 7 rules to cover MITRE Techniques under two new MITRE Tactics - TA0042 Resource Development and TA0043 Reconnaissance.

In the release version 3.2, we added 3 rules to cover more MITRE ATT&CK Techniques/sub-Techniques.

In the release version 3.1, we added 77 rules to cover more MITRE ATT&CK Techniques/sub-Techniques.

In the release version 3.0, we have re-mapped the existing Default Content to support the new MITRE ATT&CK sub-techniques.

As a result of this re-mapping exercise, the Default Content now supports the techniques and sub-techniques listed below.

For a more user-friendly way of browsing this list, we recommend you to visit https://mitre.microfocus.com/.

We also provide a downloadable JSON formatted file of all Default and Non-Default Content on the above-mentioned webpage.

Threat Intelligence Platform

This package is designed to detect security threats based on intelligence data feed on open source Malware Information Sharing Platform (MISP). It also follows the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

This package requires the installation of MIC for MISP. For more information on MIC, please refer to the documentation at https://community.microfocus.com/t5/ESM-and-ESM-Express/Model-Import-Connector-for-MISP-Malware-Information-Sharing/ta-p/2752381

Following use cases are covered in this package:

• APT and 0-day Activity
• Botnet Activity
• Dangerous Browsing
• Internal Asset Found in Reputation List
• Phishing
• Ransomware
• Suspicious Activity
• Suspicious DNS Query
• Suspicious Email
• Suspicious File Hash

Following MITRE ATT&CK Techniques/sub-techniques are covered:

TA0001 Initial Access

-T1078-Valid Accounts

--T1078.001-Default Accounts

-T1091-Replication Through Removable Media

-T1133-External Remote Services

-T1189-Drive-by Compromise

-T1190-Exploit Public-Facing Application

-T1200-Hardware Additions

-T1566-Phishing

--T1566.001-Spearphishing Attachment

--T1566.002-Spearphishing Link

TA0002 Execution

-T1047-Windows Management Instrumentation

-T1053-Scheduled Task-Job

--T1053.005-Scheduled Task

-T1059-Command and Scripting Interpreter

--T1059.001-PowerShell

--T1059.003-Windows Command Shell

-T1072-Software Deployment Tools

-T1129-Shared Modules

-T1203-Exploitation for Client Execution

-T1204-User Execution

--T1204.001-Malicious Link

-T1559-Inter-Process Communication

--T1559.001-Component Object Model

--T1559.002-Dynamic Data Exchange

-T1569-System Services

--T1569.002-Service Execution

TA0003 Persistence

-T1053-Scheduled Task-Job

--T1053.005-Scheduled Task

-T1078-Valid Accounts

--T1078.001-Default Accounts

-T1098-Account Manipulation

-T1133-External Remote Services

-T1136-Create Account

-T1543-Create or Modify System Process

--T1543.003-Windows Service

-T1546-Event-Triggered Execution

--T1546.011-Application Shimming

--T1546.012-Image File Execution Options Injection

-T1547-Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

--T1547.001-Registry Run Keys and Startup Folder

--T1547.006-Kernel Modules and Extensions

-T1574-Hijack Execution Flow

--T1574.001-DLL Search Order Hijacking

--T1574.009-Path Interception by Unquoted Path

TA0004 Privilege Escalation

-T1053-Scheduled Task-Job

--T1053.005-Scheduled Task

-T1055-Process Injection

--T1055.012-Process Hollowing

-T1068-Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

-T1078-Valid Accounts

--T1078.001-Default Accounts

-T1134-Access Token Manipulation

--T1134.002-Create Process with Token

-T1543-Create or Modify System Process

--T1543.003-Windows Service

-T1546-Event-Triggered Execution

--T1546.011-Application Shimming

--T1546.012-Image File Execution Options Injection

-T1547-Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

--T1547.001-Registry Run Keys and Startup Folder

--T1547.006-Kernel Modules and Extensions

-T1548-Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

--T1548.002-Bypass User Access Control

--T1548.003-Sudo and Sudo Caching

-T1574-Hijack Execution Flow

--T1574.001-DLL Search Order Hijacking

--T1574.009-Path Interception by Unquoted Path

TA0005 Defense Evasion

-T1027-Obfuscated Files or Information

--T1027.002-Software Packing

-T1036-Masquerading

--T1036.002-Right-to-Left Override

--T1036.003-Rename System Utilities

--T1036.005-Match Legitimate Name or Location

--T1036.006-Space after Filename

-T1055-Process Injection

--T1055.012-Process Hollowing

-T1070-Indicator Removal on Host

--T1070.004-File Deletion

-T1078-Valid Accounts

--T1078.001-Default Accounts

-T1090-Proxy

--T1090.001-Internal Proxy

--T1090.003-Multi-hop Proxy

-T1112-Modify Registry

-T1127-Trusted Developer Utilities Proxy Execution

--T1127.001-MSBuild

-T1134-Access Token Manipulation

--T1134.002-Create Process with Token

-T1140-Deobfuscate-Decode Files or Information

-T1202-Indirect Command Execution

-T1216-Signed Script Proxy Execution

--T1216.001-PubPrn

-T1218-Signed Binary Proxy Execution

--T1218.001-Compiled HTML File

--T1218.002-Control Panel

--T1218.003-CMSTP

--T1218.004-InstallUtil

--T1218.005-Mshta

--T1218.007-Msiexec

--T1218.009-RegsvcsRegasm

--T1218.010-Regsvr32

--T1218.011-Rundll32

-T1220-XSL Script Processing

-T1497-Virtualization-Sandbox Evasion

--T1497.002-User Activity-Based Checks

-T1548-Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

--T1548.002-Bypass User Access Control

--T1548.003-Sudo and Sudo Caching

-T1550-Use Alternate Authentication Material

--T1550.002-Pass the Hash

-T1562-Impair Defenses

--T1562.001-Disable or Modify Tools

--T1562.002-Disable Windows Event Logging

--T1562.004-Disable or Modify System Firewall

--T1562.008-Possible AWS CloudTrail Logging Disabled

-T1574-Hijack Execution Flow

--T1574.001-DLL Search Order Hijacking

--T1574.009-Path Interception by Unquoted Path

TA0006 Credential Access

-T1003-OS Credential Dumping

--T1003.001-LSASS Memory

--T1003.002-Security Account Manager

--T1003.003-NTDS

-T1040-Network Sniffing

-T1056-Input Capture

--T1056.001-Keylogging

--T1056.004-Credential API Hooking

-T1110-Brute Force

--T1110.001-Password Guessing

--T1110.003-Password Spraying

-T1552-Unsecured Credentials

--T1552.002-Domain Trust Discovery

-T1555-Credentials from Password Stores

--T1555.003-Credentials from Web Browsers

TA0007 Discovery

-T1010-Application Window Discovery

-T1012-Query Registry

-T1016-System Network Configuration Discovery

-T1018-Remote System Discovery

-T1033-System Owner-User Discovery

-T1040-Network Sniffing

-T1046-Network Service Scanning

-T1049-System Network Connections Discovery

-T1057-Process Discovery

-T1069-Permission Groups Discovery

-T1082-System Information Discovery

-T1083-File and Directory Discovery

-T1087-Account Discovery

--T1087.001-Local Account

-T1135-Network Share Discovery

-T1201-Password Policy Discovery

-T1217-Browser Bookmark Discovery

-T1482-Domain Trust Discovery

-T1497-Virtualization-Sandbox Evasion

--T1497.002-User Activity-Based Checks

-T1518-Software Discovery

--T1518.001-Security Software Discovery

TA0008 Lateral Movement

-T1021-Remote Services

--T1021.001-Remote Desktop Protocol

--T1021.002-SMB-Windows Admin Shares

--T1021.003-Distributed Component Object Model

--T1021.006-Windows Remote Management

-T1072-Software Deployment Tools

-T1091-Replication Through Removable Media

-T1210-Exploitation of Remote Services

-T1550-Use Alternate Authentication Material

--T1550.002-Pass the Hash

TA0009 Collection

-T1005-Data from Local System

-T1039-Data from Network Shared Drive

-T1056-Input Capture

--T1056.001-Keylogging

--T1056.004-Credential API Hooking

-T1074-Data Staged

-T1113-Screen Capture

-T1114-Email Collection

-T1115-Clipboard Data

-T1560-Archive Collected Data

--T1560.001-Archive via Utility

TA0010 Exfiltration

-T1041-Exfiltration Over Command and Control Channel

-T1048-Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol

--T1048.003-Exfiltration Over Unencrypted or Obfuscated Non-C2

-T1052-Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

--T1052.001-Exfiltration over USB

TA0011 Command and Control

-T1071-Application Layer Protocol

--T1071.004-DNS

-T1090-Proxy

--T1090.001-Internal Proxy

--T1090.003-Multi-hop Proxy

-T1105-Ingress Tool Transfer

-T1132-Data Encoding

--T1132.001-Standard Encoding

-T1219-Remote Access Software

-T1568-Dynamic Resolution

--T1568.002-Domain Generation Algorithms

-T1571-Non-Standard Port

-T1573-Encrypted Channel

--T1573.002-Asymmetric Cryptography

TA0040 Impact

-T1486-Data Encrypted for Impact

-T1489-Service Stop

-T1490-Inhibit System Recovery

-T1498-Network Denial of Service

--T1498.001-Direct Network Flood

TA0042 Resource Development (New)

-T1587-Develop Capabilities

--T1587.003-Digital Certificates

TA0043 Reconnaissance (New)

-T1595-Active Scanning

--T1595.001-Scanning IP Blocks

--T1595.002-Vulnerability Scanning

In the release version 3.4, following rules and active channel were added:

• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/Possible 0-day Related Activity
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Additional File Hash To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Suspicious URL To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Additional Email To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Suspicious Addresses To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Additional Address To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Additional URL To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Suspicious Domain To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Suspicious File Hash To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Additional Domain To APT Tracking List
• /All Rules/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Activity/APT Tracking/Add Suspicious Email To APT Tracking List
• /All Active Channels/ArcSight Foundation/Threat Intelligence Platform/APT and 0-day Related Activity

In the release version 3.3, following MITRE IDs were added:

T1562.008, T1587.003, T1595.001, T1595.002

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System Requirements

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Micro Focus ArcSight ESM 6.9.1c or above.

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To install this package:

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The zip file contains three files: package arb file, a signature of arb file, and Readme.

Micro Focus provides a digital public key to enable you to verify that the signed software you received is indeed from Micro Focus and has not been manipulated in any way by a third party. Visit the following site for information and instructions:

https://entitlement.mfgs.microfocus.com/ecommerce/efulfillment/digitalSignIn.do

It is required to log in using a Microfocus/Software passport (It gives the option to create an account)

Perform the following steps in the ArcSight Console.

1. Go to the ArcSight Console.

2. Click on Packages

3. Click Import

4. Select package arb file from the zip file

5. Follow the prompts to import and install this package

To upgrade this package from version 1.x or 2.x

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Uninstall the following old version packages:

Security Monitoring - Base - Active Lists

Note: following 3 packages will be uninstalled automatically as well:

Security Monitoring - Base

Security Threat Monitoring

Threat Intelligence Platform

Then install the latest version package through the console

To upgrade this package from version 3.x

You can install new version packages through the console directly without uninstalling the old version package

To uninstall:

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Right-click package from ArcSight Console, then selects "Uninstall Package".

Sample replay events

This zip file contains four files: two replay events, one arb package, and readme.

In order to trigger/test rules in the default content, you need to:

1) Enable rules which you want to test

2) Install the package in this zip file for testing rules in the Threat Intelligence Platform package

ESM 6.9.1 and above

Threat Intelligence Platform package requires MIC for MISP