Integration Details

ThreatQuotient provides the following details for this integration:

Current Integration Version	1.0.0
Compatible with ThreatQ Versions	>= 5.5.0
Support Tier	ThreatQ Supported

Introduction

The Trellix Research Blog CDF integration enables analysts to ingest blog posts from the Trellix blog, www.trellix.com/blogs/research/, allowing analysts to stay up-to-date on advisories, bulletins, and analyses from the Trellix team.

The integration provides the following feed:

• Trellix Research Blog - ingests Trellix articles as ThreatQ report objects.

The integration ingests the following system object types:

• Indicators
• Reports
• Vulnerabilities

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.
   Parsed IOC Types	Select the IOC types you would like to automatically parse from the content. The only option available at this time is CVE.
   Ingest CVEs As	Select the entity type to ingest CVE IDs as into the ThreatQ platform. Options include: Vulnerabilities (default) Indicators  This parameter is only accessible if the CVE option is selected for the Parsed IOC Types parameter.

   
   
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

Trellix Research Blog

The Trellix Research Blog feed pulls blog posts from the Trellix website and ingests them into ThreatQ as report objects. .

GET https://www.trellix.com/corpcomsvc/topicslisting?newsPagePath=/content/mainsite/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research

Sample Response

{
  "topics": [
    {
      "title": "ChatGPT: A tool for offensive cyber operations?! Not so fast! ",
      "summary": "Artificial intelligence is not a new concept; what is new is that ChatGPT is easily accessible to millions of people around the world and does not require a large fee to use. Yet, it has been hailed as something novel that may be an immediate threat as it may be utilized by cyberthreat actors to facilitate attacks.",
      "thumbnail": "/en-us/img/thumbnails/chatgpt-offensive-cyber-operations.jpg",
      "url": "/content/mainsite/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/chatgpt-a-tool-for-offensive-cyber-operations-not-so-fast.html",
      "target": "_self"
    },
    {
      "title": "Qakbot Evolves to OneNote Malware Distribution",
      "summary": "Since the end of January 2023, there has been an upsurge in the number of Qakbot campaigns using a novel delivery technique: OneNote documents for malware distribution. Moreover, the Trellix Advanced Research Center has detected various campaigns that used OneNote documents to distribute other malware such as AsyncRAT, Icedid, XWorm etc.",
      "thumbnail": "/en-us/img/thumbnails/qakbot-evolves.jpg",
      "url": "/content/mainsite/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/qakbot-evolves-to-onenote-malware-distribution.html",
      "target": "_self"
    },
    {
      "title": "The Bug Report – February 2023 Edition",
      "summary": "Love and RCE payloads were in the air this February. So sit back, grab your leftover conversation hearts, and let's dive into last month's top CVEs.",
      "thumbnail": "/en-us/img/thumbnails/the-bug-report-february-2023-edition.jpg",
      "url": "/content/mainsite/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/the-bug-report-february-2023-edition.html",
      "target": "_self"
    }
  ]
}

The response data will give you links to the actual blog posts in order to fetch their content using the following request:

GET https://www.trellix.com/{{ url }}

ThreatQuotient provides the following default mapping for this feed:

Feed Data Path	ThreatQ Entity	ThreatQ Object Type or Attribute Key	Published Date	Examples	Notes
.title	Report.Title	Report	parsed date from HTML	Qakbot Evolves to OneNote Malware Distribution	From the API request
.url	Report.Attribute	External Reference	parsed date from HTML	https://www.trellix.com/content/mainsite/en-us/about/newsroom/stories/research/qakbot-evolves-to-onenote-malware-distribution.html	From the API request
N/A	Report.Attribute	Published At	parsed date from HTML	February 21, 2023	Parsed from the HTML
N/A	Report.Description	N/A	N/A	<HTML content>	Parsed from the HTML
N/A	Report.Vulnerability/Indicator	CVE	parsed date from HTML	CVE-2023-41232	User-Configurable. Parsed from 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	2
Report Attributes	4
Vulnerabilities	4

Known Issues / Limitations

• ThreatQuotient recommends running this integration every 7 days based on the publication pace of the site.  
• 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.

Change Log

• Version 1.0.0
  • Initial release