Threat Intelligence

Why do we need Threat Intelligence nodes?

Every day, security researchers publish information about malicious and potentially harmful activities. Keeping an overview of this and tracking only the relevant topics can offer great added value.

What properties does a Threat Intelligence node have?

Property

Data type

Comment

target_sectors

list of strings

A list of sectors that were mentioned in the source document, e.g. ["financial", "internet", "telecom"]

summary

string

A short summary of the document.

victim_names

list of strings

A list organisation names that were mentioned as victims in the source document, e.g. [“Acme Inc.“]

references

List of URLs

The URLs which are mentioned in the original source.

publishing_company

string

The name of the organisation which has published this threat intelligence document.

target_geographies

list of strings

A list geographic names that were mentioned in the source document, e.g. ["Vietnam", "Russia", "Brazil", "Spain", "US"]

groups

list of strings

A list adversarial group names that were mentioned in the source document, e.g. ["APT29”]

version_info

string

The information about the actual document version given in the source document.

classification

string

In this case it is always “Threat Intelligence”

title

string

The title of the source document.

tools

list of strings

A list of tools that were mentioned in the source document, e.g. ["command center"]

url

URL

The URL of the source document.

cves

list of strings

All mentioned CVE IDs from the source document.

campaigns

list of strings

A list of campaigns that were mentioned in the source document, e.g. ["operation dracula"]

scraped_date

datetime string (ISO 8601 standard)

The date when the source document was scraped.

The data type is an standard for representing date and time in a machine-readable format. This format includes:

Date: 2024-06-29 (Year-Month-Day)

Time: T00:00:00 (Hour:Minute:Second)

Time Zone Offset: +00:00 (UTC offset)

Example: "2024-06-29T00:00:00+00:00"

last_updated_date

datetime string (ISO 8601 standard)

The date when the source document was last updated.

The data type is an standard for representing date and time in a machine-readable format. This format includes:

Date: 2024-06-29 (Year-Month-Day)

Time: T00:00:00 (Hour:Minute:Second)

Time Zone Offset: +00:00 (UTC offset)

Example: "2024-06-29T00:00:00+00:00"

published_date

datetime string (ISO 8601 standard)

The date when the source document was published.

The data type is an standard for representing date and time in a machine-readable format. This format includes:

Date: 2024-06-29 (Year-Month-Day)

Time: T00:00:00 (Hour:Minute:Second)

Time Zone Offset: +00:00 (UTC offset)

Example: "2024-06-29T00:00:00+00:00"

botnets

list of strings

A list of botnets that were mentioned in the source document, e.g. ["botnet 1"]

Which nodes could a Threat Intelligence node be related to?

Threat Intelligence nodes can have relations to:

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