Malware Analysis#

Tip

This entity is analogous to these STIX objects:

STIX 2.1 §4.12 Malware Analysis SDO

Compatibility:

Not ingested by EclecticIQ Intelligence Center 2.14.
Not compatible with STIX 1.2.

Create an Malware Analysis entity by selecting:

In the side navigation bar + Create > Malware Analysis.

Or:

(Requires EclecticIQ Labs: Intelligence creation on the graph)

In the top navigation bar of a graph, select + and then Malware Analysis to create a draft entity.
Double-click to open the newly created draft entity to edit it.

Then, Configure this entity.

Configure#

The following sections the fields and options available.

Note

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

General#

Field	EIQ JSON field	Description
Title*	`data.title`	Descriptive title for this entity. See Titles and aliases.
Product*	`data.product`	Default: `anonymized` Name of product or analysis engine used to perform this malware analysis. Should only contain: lowercase characters no spaces use dashes (`-`) to separate words If no product name is known, this should be set to `anonymized`.
Analysis	`data.description`	Long description.
Confidence	`data.confidence`	See Confidence scale: High Medium low.

Characteristics#

Field	EIQ JSON field	Description
Version	`data.version`	Version of product or analysis engine used for this malware analysis.
Configuration version	`data.configuration_version`	Named version of the product configuration used for this malware analysis.
Analysis engine version	`data.analysis_engine_version`	Analysis engine version used for this malware analysis, if separate from the product Version.
Analysis definition version	`data.analysis_definition_version`	Version of analysis definitions used for this malware analysis.
Result*	`data.result`	Classification result determined by anaylsis with the Product or analysis engine used for this malware anlysis. Based on STIX 2.1 §10.13 Malware Result Vocabulary.
Result name	`data.result_name`	Name assigned to result of this malware analysis.
Modules	`data.modules[]`	Analysis modules used and configured for the Product or analysis engine used for this malware analysis.

Observables#

You can create one or more new observables and link it to the currently open entity by selecting + Observable under the Observables section.

Note

If an observable you create here matches an observable rule with an ignore action, it does not appear when the you publish the entity.

In the Add observable view that appears, fill out these fields:

Field	EIQ JSON field	Description
Type*	`extracts[].kind`	See Observable types
Link name*	See Observable link types	See Observable link types
Values(s)*	`extracts[].value`	Enter one or more values. One observable is created per value. Values must be comma-separated, or newline-separated, but not both.
Maliciousness*	See Observable maliciousness	See Observable maliciousness

Relationships#

Add relationships to this entity by selecting + Add relationship.

See Relationships.

Meta#

The Meta section contains configuration options that allow you to attach descriptive data to the entity.

Field	EIQ JSON field	Description
Estimated threat start time	`meta.estimated_threat_start_time`	Estimated start of threat. See Time values.
Estimated threat end time	`meta.estimated_threat_end_time`	Estimated end of threat. See Time values.
Estimated observed time	`meta.estimated_observed_time`	Estimated time threat was observed. See Time values.
Half-life	`meta.half_life`	See Half-life. Select one of these options: Use default value: When selected, half-life for this entity is set to 720 days. Override value: Set a custom value for half-life, in number of days.
Tags	`meta.tags[]` and `meta.taxonomy_paths[]`	See tags and taxonomies.
Source*	`sources[]`	Select one source.
Source reliability	`meta.source_reliability`	See source reliability. Options: Inherit from source: This entity inherits source reliability from Source. Custom override: Set a source reliability value for just this entity.

Information source#

Field	EIQ JSON field	Description
Description	`data.information_source.description`	Description of information source.
Identity	`data.information_source.identity`	Name of this information source
Roles	`data.information_source.roles[]`	One or more information source roles. Possible values: Initial Author Content Enhancer/Refiner Aggregator Transformer/Translator
References	`data.information_source.references[]`	One or more URLs.

Data marking#

Descriptive metadata for entity.

Field	EIQ JSON field	Description
TLP	`meta.tlp_color`	Set a TLP color for this entity.
Terms of use	`data.handling[].marking_structures[]`	Free text field allowing you to attach terms of use to an entity. Analogous to TermsOfUseMarkingStructureType.
Simple	`data.handling[].marking_structures[]`	Free text field for attaching any text to an entity. Analogous to SimpleMarkingStructureType.

Workflow#

Use options here to apply workflow options to this entity.

Field	Description
Add to dataset	Select this option to add this entity to one or more datasets on Publish.
Manually enrich	Run one or more enrichers on this entity on Publish.

Save and publish#

Tip

For more information, see Draft and published entities.

Select Publish to create this entity, and make it available under + Create > Production > Published.

For more publishing options, select More and then one of these options:

Publish and new: Publish this entity, and start creating a new entity.
Publish and duplicate: Publish this entity, and start creating a new entity using all the values set for this entity.

Select Save draft to save this entity as a draft, and make it available under + Create > Production > Drafts. You must publish an entity to use it elsewhere on EclecticIQ Intelligence Center.

For more options while saving as a draft, select More and then one of these options:

Publish and new: Save this entity as a draft, and start creating a new entity.
Publish and duplicate: Save this entity as a draft, and start creating a new entity using all the values set for this draft entity.