Integration Details

ThreatQuotient provides the following details for this integration:

Current Integration Version	1.0.1
Compatible with ThreatQ Versions	>= 6.5.0
Support Tier	ThreatQ Supported

Introduction

The BleepingComputer CDF enables analysts to stay on top of the latest security news and research from BleepingComputer. This feed periodically pulls research posts from BleepingComputer and ingests them into ThreatQ as Report objects.

The integration provides the following feed:

• BleepingComputer Security News - periodically pulls news posts from BleepingComputer's security category and ingests them into ThreatQ as Report objects.

The integration ingests Reports and Report attributes.  

Installation

Perform the following steps to install the integration:

The same steps can be used to upgrade the integration to a new version.

1. Log into https://marketplace.threatq.com/.
2. Locate and download the integration yaml file.
3. Navigate to the integrations management page on your ThreatQ instance.
4. Click on the Add New Integration button.
5. Upload the integration yaml file using one of the following methods:
   • Drag and drop the file into the dialog box
   • Select Click to Browse to locate the file on your local machine

   ThreatQ will inform you if the feed already exists on the platform and will require user confirmation before proceeding. ThreatQ will also inform you if the new version of the feed contains changes to the user configuration. The new user configurations will overwrite the existing ones for the feed and will require user confirmation before proceeding.

The feed will be added to the integrations page. You will still need to configure and then enable the feed.

Configuration

ThreatQuotient does not issue API keys for third-party vendors. Contact the specific vendor to obtain API keys and other integration-related credentials.

To configure the integration:

1. Navigate to your integrations management page in ThreatQ.
2. Select the OSINT option from the Category dropdown (optional).

   If you are installing the integration for the first time, it will be located under the Disabled tab.

3. Click on the integration entry to open its details page.
4. Enter the following parameters under the Configuration tab:

   Parameter	Description
   Enable SSL Certificate Verification	Enable this parameter if the feed should validate the host-provided SSL certificate.
   Disable Proxies	Enable this parameter if the feed should not honor proxies set in the ThreatQ UI.

   
   
5. Review any additional settings, make any changes if needed, and click on Save.
6. Click on the toggle switch, located above the Additional Information section, to enable it.

ThreatQ Mapping

BleepingComputer Security News

The BleepingComputer Security News feed periodically pulls news posts from BleepingComputer's security category and ingests them into ThreatQ as Report objects.

GET https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tag/security/

This request returns HTML. The HTML is parsed for the title, date, links, etc. The blog itself is then fetched.

GET https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/{{ uri }}

The mapping for this feed is based on the information parsed out of the blog's HTML content.

ThreatQuotient provides the following default mapping for this feed:

Feed Data Path	ThreatQ Entity	ThreatQ Object Type or Attribute Key	Published Date	Examples	Notes
N/A	Report.Title	N/A	N/A	LUCR-3: Scattered Spider Getting SaaS-y in the Cloud	Parsed from the HTML
N/A	Report.Description	N/A	N/A	N/A	Parsed from the HTML
N/A	Report.Attribute	External Reference	N/A	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/blacksuit-ransomware-stole-data-of-950-000-from-software-vendor/	Parsed from HTML
N/A	Report.Attribute	Published At	N/A	September 05, 2024	Parsed from the HTML, Updatable
N/A	Report.Attribute	Author	N/A	Bill Toulas	Parsed from the HTML

Average Feed Run

Object counts and Feed runtime are supplied as generalities only - objects returned by a provider can differ based on credential configurations and Feed runtime may vary based on system resources and load.

Metric	Result
Run Time	1 minute
Reports	14
Report Attributes	26

Known Issues / Limitations

• The feed utilizes since and until dates to make sure entries are not re-ingested if they haven't been updated.
• If you need to ingest historical blog posts, run the feed manually by setting the since date back.
• The feed will only pull at maximum, the first two pages of news posts from BleepingComputer.

Change Log

• Version 1.0.1
  • Resolved an issue where an error would occur when an author could not be found/parsed.  
• Version 1.0.0
  • Initial release