Detection: O365 Threat Intelligence Suspicious Email Delivered

Updated Date: 2024-09-30 ID: 605cc93a-70e4-4ee3-9a3d-1a62e8c9b6c2 Author: Steven Dick Type: Anomaly Product: Splunk Enterprise Security

Description

The following analytic identifies when a suspicious email is detected within the Microsoft Office 365 ecosystem through the Advanced Threat Protection engine and delivered to an end user. Attackers may execute several attacks through email, any detections from built-in Office 365 capabilities should be monitored and responded to appropriately. Certain premium Office 365 capabilities such as Safe Attachment and Safe Links further enhance these detection and response functions.

Search

1`o365_management_activity` Workload=ThreatIntelligence Operation=TIMailData DeliveryAction!=Blocked Directionality=InBound 
2| rename P2Sender as src_user, P1Sender as sender, Recipients{} as user, DeliveryAction as action 
3| stats values(SenderIp) as src, values(Subject) as subject, values(user) as user, values(action) as action, values(SystemOverrides{}.Details) as reason, values(LatestDeliveryLocation) as result, values(ThreatsAndDetectionTech{}) as category, values(AttachmentData{}.FileName) as file_name, values(AttachmentData{}.FileType) as file_type, values(AttachmentData{}.SHA256) as file_hash values(DetectionMethod) as signature, min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime, count  by src_user,sender 
4| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
5| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
6| `o365_threat_intelligence_suspicious_email_delivered_filter`

Data Source

No data sources specified for this detection.

Macros Used

Name	Value
o365_management_activity	`sourcetype=o365:management:activity`
o365_threat_intelligence_suspicious_email_delivered_filter	`search *`

o365_threat_intelligence_suspicious_email_delivered_filter is an empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Annotations

- MITRE ATT&CK

+ Kill Chain Phases

+ NIST

+ CIS

- Threat Actors

ID	Technique	Tactic
T1566	Phishing	Initial Access
T1566.001	Spearphishing Attachment	Initial Access
T1566.002	Spearphishing Link	Initial Access

KillChainPhase.DELIVERY

NistCategory.DE_AE

Cis18Value.CIS_10

Axiom

GOLD SOUTHFIELD

INC Ransom

APT-C-36

APT1

APT12

APT19

APT28

APT29

APT30

APT32

APT33

APT37

APT38

APT39

APT41

Ajax Security Team

Andariel

BITTER

BRONZE BUTLER

BlackTech

CURIUM

Cobalt Group

Confucius

DarkHydrus

Darkhotel

Dragonfly

EXOTIC LILY

Elderwood

FIN4

FIN6

FIN7

FIN8

Ferocious Kitten

Gallmaker

Gamaredon Group

Gorgon Group

Higaisa

Inception

IndigoZebra

Kimsuky

Lazarus Group

LazyScripter

Leviathan

Machete

Malteiro

Mofang

Molerats

Moonstone Sleet

MuddyWater

Mustang Panda

Naikon

Nomadic Octopus

OilRig

PLATINUM

Patchwork

RTM

Rancor

RedCurl

Saint Bear

Sandworm Team

SideCopy

Sidewinder

Silence

Star Blizzard

TA2541

TA459

TA505

TA551

The White Company

Threat Group-3390

Tonto Team

Transparent Tribe

Tropic Trooper

WIRTE

Windshift

Winter Vivern

Wizard Spider

admin@338

menuPass

APT1

APT29

APT3

APT32

APT33

APT39

BlackTech

Cobalt Group

Confucius

EXOTIC LILY

Earth Lusca

Elderwood

Evilnum

FIN4

FIN7

FIN8

Kimsuky

Lazarus Group

LazyScripter

Leviathan

LuminousMoth

Machete

Magic Hound

Mofang

Molerats

MuddyWater

Mustang Panda

Mustard Tempest

OilRig

Patchwork

RedCurl

Sandworm Team

Sidewinder

TA2541

TA505

TA577

Transparent Tribe

Turla

Windshift

Wizard Spider

ZIRCONIUM

Default Configuration

This detection is configured by default in Splunk Enterprise Security to run with the following settings:

Setting	Value
Disabled	true
Cron Schedule	`0 * * * *`
Earliest Time	`-70m@m`
Latest Time	`-10m@m`
Schedule Window	`auto`
Creates Risk Event	True

This configuration file applies to all detections of type anomaly. These detections will use Risk Based Alerting.

Implementation

You must install the Splunk Microsoft Office 365 Add-on and ingest Office 365 management activity events. The threat intelligence workload is typically only visible to E3/E5 level customers.

Known False Positives

unknown

Associated Analytic Story

Risk Based Analytics (RBA)

Risk Message	Risk Score	Impact	Confidence
A suspicious email was delivered to $user$ by $src_user$ matching the $signature$ signature	20	20	100

The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

References

Detection Testing

Test Type	Status	Dataset	Source	Sourcetype
Validation	✅ Passing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Unit	✅ Passing	Dataset	`o365`	`o365:management:activity`
Integration	✅ Passing	Dataset	`o365`	`o365:management:activity`

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Source: GitHub | Version: 2