Integration Details

ThreatQuotient provides the following details for this integration:

Current Integration Version	1.0.1
Compatible with ThreatQ Versions	>= 5.12.1
Support Tier	ThreatQ Supported

Introduction

The Dark Reading CDF enables analysts to automatically ingest posts from the Dark Reading blog. This allows analysts to stay up-to-date on news, vulnerabilities, and other threat research related articles that are published.

The integration provides the following feed:

• Dark Reading Blog - periodically pulls threat research posts from the Dark Reading blog 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
   Blog Topics	Select the types of blogs to ingest. Options include: Threat Intelligence (default) Vulnerabilities & Threats (default) Application Security Cloud Security Cyber Risk Cyberattacks & Data Breaches Cybersecurity Analytics Cybersecurity Operations Data Privacy Endpoint Security ICS/OT Security Identity & Access Management Security Insider Threats IoT Mobile Security Perimeter Physical Security Remote Workforce
   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

Dark Reading Blog

The Dark Reading Blog feed periodically pulls threat research posts from the Dark Reading blog and ingests them into ThreatQ as Report Objects.

GET https://www.darkreading.com/{{ topic }}

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

GET https://www.darkreading.com/{{ topic }}/{{ 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.Value	N/A	N/A	`Polyfill.io Supply Chain Attack Smacks Down 100K+ Websites	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.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/polyfillio-supply-chain-attack-smacks-down-100k-websites	Parsed from the HTML
N/A	Report.Attribute	Published At	N/A	2024-03-15	Updatable. Parsed from the HTML
N/A	Report.Tag	N/A	N/A	Threat Intelligence	Parsed from URL and then mapped to friendly name

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	5
Report Attributes	10

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 page of each blog topic.

Change Log

• Version 1.0.1
  • Updated the integration to resolve a Cloudflare error (Known Issue) when bypassing bot detection. 
• Version 1.0.0 rev-a
  • Guide Update - added Cloudflare error during ingestion as a Known Issue.
• Version 1.0.0
  • Initial release