Run Indicator Extraction in the CLI - Administrator Guide - 8 - Cortex XSOAR - Cortex - Security Operations

Cortex XSOAR Administrator Guide

Product
Cortex XSOAR
Version
8
Creation date
2023-11-02
Last date published
2024-03-28
Category
Administrator Guide
Solution
Cloud
Abstract

Use reputation commands, extractindicators command or the enrichIndicators command in the CLI.

In the CLI you can run the following commands to extract and enrich indicators:

  • extractIndicators command

  • enrichIndicators command

  • Reputation commands

extractIndicators Command

If you want to extract indicators from non-War-Room-entry sources (such as extracting from files), use the !extractIndicators command from the CLI. The command does not create indicators but extracts them only. Use the command to do the following:

  • Validate regex: Test a specific string to see if the relevant indicators are extracted correctly, such as a URL.

  • In a playbook or script. The command extracts indicators in a playbook or script non-War-Room-source, and potentially also creates and enriches them (if required).

You can extract from the following:

  • A specified entry (an entry ID)

  • Investigation (Investigation ID)

  • Text

  • File path

For example, type !extractIndicators text="some text 1.1.1.1 something" auto-extract=inline. The entry text contains the text of the indicators, which is extracted and enriched.

You can also extract indicators by adding the auto-extract parameter with the script and the mode for which you are setting it up. For example: !ReadFile entryId=826@101 auto-extract=inline.

Usually, when using the CLI, you want to disable indicator extraction. For example, if you return internal/private data to the War Room, and you do not want it to be extracted and enriched in third party services, add auto-extract=none to your CLI command.

enrichIndicators Command

The enrichIndicators command is usually used when you want to batch enrich indicators. This command works on existing indicators only (it does not create them on its own). When running the command, the relevant enrichment command is triggered (such as !ip), which is based on the indicator type that is found. The data is saved to context and to the indicator.

Note

Triggering enrichment on a substantial number of indicators can take time (since it's activating all enrichment integrations per indicator) and can result in performance degradation.

Reputation Commands

Reputation commands such as !ip, can work on existing and non-existing indicators. If extraction is on, the data is saved both to the indicator and the incident's context. If not, then the data is saved only to the context because the mapping flow is always triggered in enrichment commands. The default configuration is set to none in playbook tasks for extraction.

The indicator does not need to exist to run the reputation command, as the command uses a third party threat intel integration, such as AutoFocus, IPinfo, etc.

You can also click the Enrich indicator button in the indicator layout.

Note

Reputation commands, such as !ip and !domain, can only be used after you configure and enable a reputation integration instance, such as Virus Total and Whois.