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Supported types of threat intelligence in Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk Enterprise Security supports several types of threat intelligence. The supported types of threat intelligence correspond to the KV Store collections in which the threat intelligence is stored.

The threatlist modular input parses downloaded and uploaded files and adds indicators to these collections. Files can contain any combination of indicators.

Threat collection in KV Store Supported IOC data types Local lookup file Required headers in lookup file with no spaces after commas
certificate_intel X509 Certificates Local Certificate Intel
certificate_issuer,certificate_subject,certificate_issuer_organization,certificate_subject_organization,certificate_serial,certificate_issuer_unit,certificate_subject_unit,description,weight
email_intel Email Local Email Intel
description,src_user,subject,weight
file_intel File names or hashes Local File Intel
description,file_hash,file_name,weight
http_intel URLs Local HTTP Intel
description,http_referrer,http_user_agent,url,weight
ip_intel IP addresses Local IP Intel
description,ip,weight
domains Local Domain Intel
description,domain,weight
process_intel Processes Local Process Intel
description,process,process_file_name,weight
registry_intel Registry entries Local Registry Intel
description,registry_path,registry_value_name,registry_value_text,weight
service_intel Services Local Service Intel
description,service,service_file_hash,service_dll_file_hash,weight
user_intel Users Local User Intel
description,user,weight

The collections.conf file in the DA-ESS-ThreatIntelligence subdirectory lists these KV Store collections.

The inputs.conf.spec file in the SA-ThreatIntelligence subdirectory lists the specifications for settings used by the threatlist modular input, such as weight:

weight = <integer>
* [Required]
* The weight assigned to the intelligence.
* Between 1 and 100.
* A higher weight will result in higher risk scores for corresponding intelligence matches.
* Defaults to 60.

Example of observable values and primary keys

Using the http_intel collection as an example, consider a threat document called my_threat_intel.csv. An observable value in the file is any value in the ​​http_referrer, http_user_agent, and url fields for matching against threat values in your raw data. A row is added to the http_intel threat collection for each observable found in my_threat_intel.csv. The last value is used to construct the primary key if duplicate observables exist. If observable values are missing from the CSV file, the first non-empty value in the CSV file is used to construct the primary key. If you don't want to overwrite data, make sure not to use any words such as "null", "N/A", "blank", or "none" throughout the CSV file when data is unavailable, just leave those fields empty.

Consider a source file with duplicates in the http_user_agent fields, such as the following:

description,http_referrer,http_user_agent,url,weight
ThreatA,,UseragentA,https://urlA,3
ThreatB,,UseragentA,https://urlB,3

A search for |inputlookup http_intel returns the following results:

Description Http_user_agent Threat_key Time URL
ThreatA UseragentA my_threat_intel 1626387748 https://urlA
ThreatB UseragentA my_threat_intel 1626387748 https://urlB
ThreatB UseragentA my_threat_intel 1626387748 https://urlB

Based on the two rows in the CSV file, three observable values are discovered: the url for ThreatA, the url for ThreatB, and the http_user_agent for ThreatB. Notice that http_user_agent for ThreatA is overwritten by ThreatB because the name UseragentA is a duplicate observable value. The primary key in the threat intel collection looks as follows:

my_threat_intel|https://urlA
my_threat_intel|https://urlB
my_threat_intel|UseragentA

Consider a source file without duplicates in the http_user_agent fields, such as the following:

description,http_referrer,http_user_agent,url,weight
ThreatA,,UseragentA,https://urlA,3
ThreatB,,UseragentB,https://urlB,3

A search for |inputlookup http_intel returns the following results:

Description Http_user_agent Threat_key Time URL
ThreatA UseragentA my_threat_intel 1626387748 https://urlA
ThreatA UseragentA my_threat_intel 1626387748 https://urlA
ThreatB UseragentB my_threat_intel 1626387748 https://urlB
ThreatB UseragentB my_threat_intel 1626387748 https://urlB

Based on the two rows in the CSV, four observable values are discovered: the url for ThreatA, the http_user_agent for ThreatA, the url for ThreatB, and the http_user_agent for ThreatB. There are no duplicates, so every value is displayed. The primary key in the threat intel collection looks as follows:

my_threat_intel|https://urlA
my_threat_intel|UseragentA
my_threat_intel|https://urlB
my_threat_intel|UseragentB
Last modified on 27 February, 2024
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise Security: 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.2.0, 7.3.0


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