OpenIOC Extraction Rules

Indicators with Operators

If an uploaded OpenIOC file contains conditions that use operators to combine indicators, Apex Central extracts the OpenIOC indicators as suspicious objects and automatically configures scan actions based on the operator used in the OpenIOC indicator condition.

Operator

Scan Action

OR

Extracted objects apply the user-defined scan action

AND

Extracted objects always apply the "Log" scan action

Apex Central supports the following OpenIOC indicator conditions (IndicatorItemCondition):

  • is

  • contains

Suspicious Object Mapping

The following table outlines the corresponding Apex Central suspicious object type for each supported OpenIOC indicator (IndicatorItem) extracted.

Object Type

OpenIOC Indicators

File SHA-1

FileItem/Sha1sum

Taskitem/ActionList/Action/ExecProgramSha1sum

DriverItem/Sha1sum

URL

Network/URI

FileDownloadHistoryItem/SourceURL

UrlHistoryItem/URL

Domain

Network/DNS

DnsEntryItem/Host

DnsEntryItem/RecordData/Host

UrlHistoryItem/HostName

CookieHistoryItem/HostName

FormHistoryItem/HostName

IP Address

ArpEntryItem/IPv4Address

DnsEntryItem/RecordData/IPv4Address

Email/ReceivedFromIP PortItem/localIP

PortItem/remoteIP

ProcessItem/PortList/PortItem/localIP

ProcessItem/PortList/PortItem/remoteIP

RouteEntryItem/Destination RouteEntryItem/Gateway

SystemInfoItem/networkArray/networkInfo/dhcpServerArray/dhcpServer

SystemInfoItem/networkArray/networkInfo/ipGatewayArray/ipGateway