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WatchGuard EPDR

Overview

WatchGuard EPDR (Endpoint Protection Detection and Response) is a robust cybersecurity solution designed to protect against advanced threats. It provides real-time monitoring and automated response capabilities, ensuring comprehensive endpoint security for organizations of all sizes. With its intuitive management interface, businesses can easily detect, investigate, and remediate potential security incidents.

  • Vendor: WatchGuard
  • Supported environment: SaaS
  • Detection based on: Alert
  • Supported application or feature: Security events

Warning

Important note - This format is currently in beta. We highly value your feedback to improve its performance.

Configure

Enable API Access ( Creation of credentials )

  1. Log in to your WatchGuard Cloud account.
  2. If you are a Service Provider, go to Subscriber view for your own account or a managed account.
  3. Select Administration > Managed Access
  4. Click Enable API Access.
  5. Specify the readwrite and readonly passwords to use as your API access credentials. Passwords must be at least 12 characters long and include a lowercase letter, uppercase letter, number, and symbol. The password must not include <, >, emojis, or spaces.
  6. Select the I agree to the terms and conditions in the WatchGuard APIs License Agreement check box.
  7. Click Save.

Create the intake

Go to the intake page and create a new intake from the format WatchGuard EPDR.

Raw Events Samples

In this section, you will find examples of raw logs as generated natively by the source. These examples are provided to help integrators understand the data format before ingestion into Sekoia.io. It is crucial for setting up the correct parsing stages and ensuring that all relevant information is captured.

{
    "event_id": 2655791,
    "event_type": 1,
    "date": "2025-05-20T21:09:34",
    "host_name": "WIN-DESKTOP-7",
    "device_id": "b206b314-9d11-4aca-b8b4-ef41e0ba91e3",
    "path": "3|DESKTOPDIRECTORY|\\V2.4 User Cases\\HitmanPro\\Hitmanpro.exe",
    "action": 15,
    "hash": "A30225A24A11F3E14C107CB712D13D43",
    "risk": true,
    "protection_mode": 0,
    "exploit_technique": "Exploit/HookBypass"
}

{
    "device_id": "476cf9c5-ddcc-4848-888c-03b7d60828d1",
    "type": 2,
    "action": 9,
    "instance_id": "cbc15b47-efbd-4246-8454-8f7d7b9bf2a3",
    "id": "424a94d0-dca2-58bb-bef7-a03884b1cfe0",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "WIN-SERVER-4",
    "device_type": 3,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T22:01:42.545Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.154",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "5450bd7f-daa6-419a-b11e-8ff03c31ca36",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Windows",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Server",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

{
    "is_excluded": false,
    "reclassified_to_type": 0,
    "lock_plus_rule_id": 0,
    "reclassified_total_to_type": 0,
    "event_id": 14155048,
    "event_type": 3,
    "date": "2025-05-20T16:20:00",
    "custom_date_range": false,
    "host_name": "WIN-DESKTOP-8",
    "item_name": "javaw.exe",
    "path": "PROGRAM_FILES|\\POSTILION\\realtime\\jre\\bin\\javaw.exe",
    "was_run": false,
    "accessed_data": false,
    "made_external_connections": true,
    "likelihood_of_being_malicious": 3,
    "protection_mode": 3,
    "action": 0,
    "hash": "0bac13d855dcff055d47799fe5450150",
    "sha256": "7DA3E8B3891ECEA71FA8492BB4FA56979A1DDE625B57F3643313DA1AEC4C7EEB",
    "dwell_time": 1066.7081298828125,
    "device_id": "516ec806-f708-4443-b978-4353e82157b5",
    "status": 2
}

{
    "device_id": "47ca75ec-c91e-40cb-83eb-6a37e0056268",
    "malware_category": 6,
    "path": "C:\\Photos\\kre.exe",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 2,
    "id": "66853a3b-411a-5890-9bb5-f0b485694856",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "MAC-DESKTOP-3",
    "device_type": 1,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T22:01:50.881Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.150",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "200272ef-9d7c-44f1-9733-d3a2718b4a5f",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "ActiveDirectoryRoot",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 3
        },
        {
            "name": "panda.com",
            "type": 5
        },
        {
            "name": "North Area",
            "type": 6
        },
        {
            "name": "Servers",
            "type": 6
        },
        {
            "name": "DEV",
            "type": 6
        }
    ]
}

{
    "event_id": 2655791,
    "event_type": 1,
    "date": "2025-05-20T21:09:34",
    "host_name": "WIN-DESKTOP-7",
    "device_id": "b206b314-9d11-4aca-b8b4-ef41e0ba91e3",
    "path": "3|DESKTOPDIRECTORY|\\V2.4 User Cases\\HitmanPro\\Hitmanpro.exe",
    "action": 15,
    "hash": "A30225A24A11F3E14C107CB712D13D43",
    "risk": true,
    "protection_mode": 0,
    "exploit_technique": "Exploit/HookBypass"
}

{
    "device_id": "6dcb229d-4beb-4800-8b69-1b64fd046491",
    "malware_category": 3,
    "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_6dcb229dH.zip",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 12,
    "id": "5d06e6d4-b4f2-5786-85b6-3c85933d950c",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "MAC-LAPTOP-1",
    "device_type": 2,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T22:01:52.211Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.101",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "82621b30-4a32-4b57-9c74-d057a66022c7",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        }
    ]
}

{
    "id": "92cea07b-2ca3-46eb-b93b-b09d4c6cac68",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "device_id": "c9fce3f3-0683-425b-9e67-c3b36efd99f5",
    "date": "2025-05-14T20:26:11.481Z",
    "endpoint_event_date": "2025-05-21T00:20:29Z",
    "action": 0,
    "count": 1,
    "status": 1,
    "host_name": "WIN-SERVER-2",
    "device_type": 3,
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "5450bd7f-daa6-419a-b11e-8ff03c31ca36",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Windows",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Server",
            "type": 2
        }
    ],
    "rule_id": "dd39d265-0a4a-43d7-adc7-db4b09920d0d",
    "rule_name": "Installation of remote files using a renamed msiexec.exe file",
    "required_feature": 29,
    "rule_risk": 2,
    "rule_mitre": [
        {
            "tactic": "TA0011",
            "technique": "T1105"
        }
    ]
}

{
    "device_id": "4b7f7d3d-3090-435f-a28b-f2ae6ca623eb",
    "network_activity_type": 8,
    "id": "5aae78cb-3803-570f-954f-410741e15397",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "WIN-DESKTOP-1",
    "device_type": 1,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T22:01:19.754Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.155",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "f95f745a-ae6a-41b8-b538-6959a9cde036",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Windows",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Workstation",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

{
    "is_excluded": false,
    "reclassified_to_type": 0,
    "lock_plus_rule_id": 0,
    "reclassified_total_to_type": 0,
    "event_id": 94399645,
    "event_type": 0,
    "date": "2025-05-20T21:43:04",
    "custom_date_range": false,
    "host_name": "MAC-LAPTOP-1",
    "item_name": "W32/Exploit.gen",
    "path": "/usr/sbin/vulnerability.py",
    "was_run": false,
    "accessed_data": false,
    "made_external_connections": false,
    "likelihood_of_being_malicious": 0,
    "protection_mode": 0,
    "action": 6,
    "hash": "E54AE689DEC51FE9DD2998DC39D2CBBE",
    "sha256": "978ea4e9f019838bdb9a3d25910dd1e81212501b727b74a060d682e89abd14c0",
    "dwell_time": 436101.0,
    "device_id": "6dcb229d-4beb-4800-8b69-1b64fd046491",
    "status": 0
}

{
    "device_id": "e0418e25-2052-4ca2-8f36-fd5698ca9e76",
    "malware_category": 8,
    "path": "http://websectest.ctmail.com/MalwareUrl.htm",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 2,
    "id": "6bd0e5a1-e8c6-5503-962c-219f2da82146",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "ANDROID-1",
    "device_type": 4,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T22:01:36.522Z",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "8ba664fe-2ef2-4db8-bbd5-ee8e2bc6bd41",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Android",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Mobile",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

{
    "event_id": 298229,
    "event_type": 10,
    "date": "2025-05-20T14:38:03",
    "host_name": "WIN-DESKTOP-3",
    "device_id": "99c068e7-3acc-4672-8e9c-cbb3eb06a820",
    "network_attack": "Denial of Service attack (DoS)",
    "action": 0,
    "local_ip_address": "192.168.2.11",
    "remote_ip_address": "172.100.25.22"
}

{
    "device_id": "476cf9c5-ddcc-4848-888c-03b7d60828d1",
    "malware_category": 9,
    "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_476cf9c5H.zip",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 1,
    "id": "f55fa738-0acf-577a-8628-9dfef89ac167",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "WIN-SERVER-4",
    "device_type": 3,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T23:46:29.321Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.154",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "5450bd7f-daa6-419a-b11e-8ff03c31ca36",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Windows",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Server",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

{
    "device_id": "6dcb229d-4beb-4800-8b69-1b64fd046491",
    "malware_category": 3,
    "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_6dcb229dH.zip",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 12,
    "id": "5d06e6d4-b4f2-5786-85b6-3c85933d950c",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "MAC-LAPTOP-1",
    "device_type": 2,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T22:01:52.211Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.101",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "82621b30-4a32-4b57-9c74-d057a66022c7",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        }
    ]
}

{
    "is_excluded": false,
    "reclassified_to_type": 0,
    "lock_plus_rule_id": 0,
    "reclassified_total_to_type": 0,
    "event_id": 94399643,
    "event_type": 2,
    "date": "2025-05-20T11:01:12.52",
    "custom_date_range": false,
    "host_name": "WIN-DESKTOP-4",
    "item_name": "HackingTool/VulnerabilityScanner",
    "path": "SYSTEMDRIVE|\\Users\\administrator\\Downloads\\vulnerabilityscanner.exe",
    "was_run": true,
    "accessed_data": false,
    "made_external_connections": false,
    "likelihood_of_being_malicious": 0,
    "protection_mode": 0,
    "action": 5,
    "hash": "87813DBB8FECC3C44E6E65F87A1C8D3F",
    "sha256": "dd9d83f7e7328117276c5efade90f1df2bcef9b39053aa6819739016e648077d",
    "dwell_time": 72417.6953125,
    "device_id": "00c1fc69-ab53-48af-8351-6f63250b7cf5",
    "status": 0
}

{
    "accessed_data": true,
    "action": 10,
    "date": "2020-11-20T20:27:18.725Z",
    "device_id": "8b7205bc-60e0-45a0-9956-b17b6a8673f6",
    "site_id": "8b7205bc-60e0-45a0-9956-b17b6a8673f6",
    "event_id": 69608597,
    "event_type": 10,
    "dwell_time": 51373899,
    "is_excluded": true,
    "hash": "009a9b4ff00946f9a5a5659dfe9086da",
    "host_name": "WIN_SERVER_6",
    "item_name": "NameMalware",
    "made_external_connections": true,
    "path": "ThreatPath",
    "protection_mode": 5799409.122032538,
    "reclassified_to_type": -88047622.99579449,
    "like_lihood_of_being_malicious": -18274273.348011777,
    "discard_motive": -77046516.51787202,
    "lock_plus_rule_id": -22540451.640785083,
    "user_name": "Username",
    "was_run": true,
    "source_ip": "1.2.3.4",
    "source_machine_name": "SourceDeviceName",
    "source_user": "SourceUsername",
    "detection_technology": "DetectionTechnologyName",
    "exploit_technique": "ExploitTechnique",
    "risk": true,
    "description": "DeviceDescriptionName",
    "domain": "DeviceDomain",
    "detected_by": 68864810.84915292,
    "device_type": -73108038.14936246,
    "platform_id": -70290399.75311546,
    "excluded": true,
    "file_info_discard": "FileIndentifierHash",
    "id": "8b7205bc-60e0-45a0-9956-b17b6a8673f6",
    "ip_address": "192.168.1.10",
    "malware_name": "MalwareName",
    "malware_category": -85107213.72887051,
    "malware_type": -62357590.74048821,
    "number_of_occurrences": 20674256,
    "security_event_date": "2021-07-20T20:27:18.725Z",
    "site_name": "SiteName",
    "network_activity_type": -85774927.58794248,
    "direction": 50845497.54724711,
    "protocol": -86318449.566446,
    "local_endpoint": {},
    "remote_endpoint": {},
    "firewall_rule_definition": {},
    "rule_id": "8b7205bc-60e0-45a0-9956-b17b6a8673f6",
    "rule_name": "RuleName",
    "rule_configuration_id": "9b7205bc-60e0-45a0-9956-b17b6a8673f6",
    "rule_obsolete": false,
    "alias": "AliasName",
    "instance_id": "9b7205bc-60e0-45a0-9956-b17b6a8673f6",
    "type": 10,
    "rule_risk": -54492359.89028178,
    "rule_mitre": "tactic: TA0006, technique: T1003",
    "status": 31156035.444223955,
    "endpoint_event_date": "2021-07-20T20:27:18.725Z",
    "filed_date": "2021-07-20T20:27:18.725Z",
    "since_until_filed": "8.07:06:05",
    "count": -10808344,
    "custom_group_folder_id": "1b7205bc-60e0-45a0-9956-b17b6a8673f6",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Windows",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Server",
            "type": 2
        }
    ],
    "network_attack": null,
    "local_ip_address": "192.168.1.1",
    "remote_ip_address": "192.168.10.1"
}

{
    "device_id": "e0418e25-2052-4ca2-8f36-fd5698ca9e76",
    "malware_category": 2,
    "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_e0418e25H.zip",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 1,
    "id": "5329a4fe-1e20-5795-aa09-f03426d385b4",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "ANDROID-1",
    "device_type": 4,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T23:46:28.758Z",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "8ba664fe-2ef2-4db8-bbd5-ee8e2bc6bd41",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Android",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Mobile",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

{
    "device_id": "0fce953a-977c-4c39-afd4-25464fb8709e",
    "malware_category": 5,
    "path": "C:\\Music\\Suspect.exe",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 2,
    "id": "434eb936-0642-558e-a466-ef11eca4c78c",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "WIN-DESKTOP-6",
    "device_type": 1,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T22:01:56.291Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.232",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "f95f745a-ae6a-41b8-b538-6959a9cde036",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Windows",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Workstation",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

{
    "device_id": "308cb0ae-e58b-42aa-a8f0-3d99c2ae2cb7",
    "malware_category": 7,
    "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_308cb0aeH.zip",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 1,
    "id": "23dacc72-d2c3-5d60-b649-4e386d056a31",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "ANDROID-4",
    "device_type": 4,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T23:46:26.978Z",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "8ba664fe-2ef2-4db8-bbd5-ee8e2bc6bd41",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Android",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Mobile",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

{
    "device_id": "c9fce3f3-0683-425b-9e67-c3b36efd99f5",
    "malware_category": 1,
    "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_c9fce3f3H.zip",
    "number_of_occurrences": 1,
    "action": 1,
    "id": "f0b57db9-caed-5199-a687-e0c43d2888a0",
    "site_id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
    "account_id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31",
    "site_name": "TEST API AEPDR",
    "host_name": "WIN-SERVER-2",
    "device_type": 3,
    "security_event_date": "2025-05-20T23:46:29.133Z",
    "ip_address": "192.168.0.190",
    "custom_group_folder_id": "5450bd7f-daa6-419a-b11e-8ff03c31ca36",
    "custom_group_folder_info": [
        {
            "name": "Root",
            "is_translatable": true,
            "type": 1
        },
        {
            "name": "Windows",
            "type": 2
        },
        {
            "name": "Server",
            "type": 2
        }
    ]
}

Detection section

The following section provides information for those who wish to learn more about the detection capabilities enabled by collecting this intake. It includes details about the built-in rule catalog, event categories, and ECS fields extracted from raw events. This is essential for users aiming to create custom detection rules, perform hunting activities, or pivot in the events page.

The following Sekoia.io built-in rules match the intake Watchguard EPDR [BETA]. This documentation is updated automatically and is based solely on the fields used by the intake which are checked against our rules. This means that some rules will be listed but might not be relevant with the intake.

SEKOIA.IO x Watchguard EPDR [BETA] on ATT&CK Navigator

Adidnsdump Enumeration

Detects use of the tool adidnsdump for enumeration and discovering DNS records.

  • Effort: advanced
Advanced IP Scanner

Detects the use of Advanced IP Scanner. Seems to be a popular tool for ransomware groups.

  • Effort: master
Certify Or Certipy

Detects the use of certify and certipy which are two different tools used to enumerate and abuse Active Directory Certificate Services.

  • Effort: advanced
Cobalt Strike Default Beacons Names

Detects the default names of Cobalt Strike beacons / payloads.

  • Effort: intermediate
Credential Dump Tools Related Files

Detects processes or file names related to credential dumping tools and the dropped files they generate by default.

  • Effort: advanced
Cryptomining

Detection of domain names potentially related to cryptomining activities.

  • Effort: master
Dynamic DNS Contacted

Detect communication with dynamic dns domain. This kind of domain is often used by attackers. This rule can trigger false positive in non-controlled environment because dynamic dns is not always malicious.

  • Effort: master
Exfiltration Domain

Detects traffic toward a domain flagged as a possible exfiltration vector.

  • Effort: master
HTA Infection Chains

Detect the creation of a ZIP file and an HTA file as it is often used in infection chains. Furthermore it also detects the use of suspicious processes launched by explorer.exe combined with the creation of an HTA file, since it is also often used in infection chains (LNK - HTA for instance).

  • Effort: advanced
HTML Smuggling Suspicious Usage

Based on several samples from different botnets, this rule aims at detecting HTML infection chain by looking for HTML created files followed by suspicious files being executed.

  • Effort: advanced
HackTools Suspicious Names

Quick-win rule to detect the default process names or file names of several HackTools.

  • Effort: advanced
ISO LNK Infection Chain

Detection of an ISO (or any other similar archive file) downloaded file, followed by a child-process of explorer, which is characteristic of an infection using an ISO containing an LNK file. For events with host.name.

  • Effort: master
NTDS.dit File In Suspicious Directory

The file NTDS.dit is supposed to be located mainly in C:\Windows\NTDS. The rule checks whether the file is in a legitimate directory or not (through file creation events). This is usually really suspicious and could indicate an attacker trying copy the file to then look for users password hashes.

  • Effort: advanced
OneNote Embedded File

Detects creation or uses of OneNote embedded files with unusual extensions.

  • Effort: intermediate
PasswordDump SecurityXploded Tool

Detects the execution of the PasswordDump SecurityXploded Tool

  • Effort: elementary
Process Trace Alteration

PTrace syscall provides a means by which one process ("tracer") may observe and control the execution of another process ("tracee") and examine and change the tracee's memory and registers. Attacker might want to abuse ptrace functionnality to analyse memory process. It requires to be admin or set ptrace_scope to 0 to allow all user to trace any process.

  • Effort: advanced
RTLO Character

Detects RTLO (Right-To-Left character) in file and process names.

  • Effort: elementary
Remote Access Tool Domain

Detects traffic toward a domain flagged as a Remote Administration Tool (RAT).

  • Effort: master
Remote Monitoring and Management Software - AnyDesk

Detect artifacts related to the installation or execution of the Remote Monitoring and Management tool AnyDesk.

  • Effort: master
Remote Monitoring and Management Software - Atera

Detect artifacts related to the installation or execution of the Remote Monitoring and Management tool Atera.

  • Effort: master
SEKOIA.IO Intelligence Feed

Detect threats based on indicators of compromise (IOCs) collected by SEKOIA's Threat and Detection Research team.

  • Effort: elementary
Sekoia.io EICAR Detection

Detects observables in Sekoia.io CTI tagged as EICAR, which are fake samples meant to test detection.

  • Effort: master
Suspicious File Name

Detects suspicious file name possibly linked to malicious tool.

  • Effort: advanced
Suspicious PROCEXP152.sys File Created In Tmp

Detects the creation of the PROCEXP152.sys file in the application-data local temporary folder. This driver is used by Sysinternals Process Explorer but also by KDU (https://github.com/hfiref0x/KDU) or Ghost-In-The-Logs (https://github.com/bats3c/Ghost-In-The-Logs), which uses KDU. Note - Clever attackers may easily bypass this detection by just renaming the driver filename. Therefore just Medium-level and don't rely on it.

  • Effort: advanced
TOR Usage Generic Rule

Detects TOR usage globally, whether the IP is a destination or source. TOR is short for The Onion Router, and it gets its name from how it works. TOR intercepts the network traffic from one or more apps on user’s computer, usually the user web browser, and shuffles it through a number of randomly-chosen computers before passing it on to its destination. This disguises user location, and makes it harder for servers to pick him/her out on repeat visits, or to tie together separate visits to different sites, this making tracking and surveillance more difficult. Before a network packet starts its journey, user’s computer chooses a random list of relays and repeatedly encrypts the data in multiple layers, like an onion. Each relay knows only enough to strip off the outermost layer of encryption, before passing what’s left on to the next relay in the list.

  • Effort: master
WCE wceaux.dll Creation

Detects wceaux.dll creation while Windows Credentials Editor (WCE) is executed.

  • Effort: intermediate
Webshell Creation

Detects possible webshell file creation. It requires File Creation monitoring, which can be done using Sysmon's Event ID 11. However the recommended SwiftOnSecurity configuration does not fully cover the needs for this rule, it needs to be updated with the proper file names extensions.

  • Effort: master
ZIP LNK Infection Chain

Detection of an ZIP download followed by a child-process of explorer, followed by multiple Windows processes.This is widely used as an infection chain mechanism.

  • Effort: advanced

Event Categories

The following table lists the data source offered by this integration.

Data Source Description
Application logs None
Network device logs None

In details, the following table denotes the type of events produced by this integration.

Name Values
Kind event
Category intrusion_detection, malware, network
Type denied, info

Transformed Events Samples after Ingestion

This section demonstrates how the raw logs will be transformed by our parsers. It shows the extracted fields that will be available for use in the built-in detection rules and hunting activities in the events page. Understanding these transformations is essential for analysts to create effective detection mechanisms with custom detection rules and to leverage the full potential of the collected data.

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    "event": {
        "category": [
            "malware"
        ],
        "dataset": "Security logs",
        "kind": "event",
        "module": "watchguard.epdr",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "@timestamp": "2025-05-20T21:09:34Z",
    "device": {
        "id": "b206b314-9d11-4aca-b8b4-ef41e0ba91e3"
    },
    "file": {
        "directory": "\\V2.4 User Cases\\HitmanPro",
        "hash": {
            "md5": "A30225A24A11F3E14C107CB712D13D43"
        },
        "name": "Hitmanpro.exe",
        "path": "\\V2.4 User Cases\\HitmanPro\\Hitmanpro.exe"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "WIN-DESKTOP-7"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "related": {
        "hash": [
            "A30225A24A11F3E14C107CB712D13D43"
        ]
    },
    "threat": {
        "technique": {
            "name": "Exploit/HookBypass"
        }
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "event": {
                "name": "Exploit",
                "type": "1"
            },
            "file": {
                "root": "DESKTOPDIRECTORY"
            }
        }
    }
}

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            "malware"
        ],
        "dataset": "Security logs",
        "kind": "event",
        "module": "watchguard.epdr",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "@timestamp": "2025-05-20T22:01:42.545000Z",
    "cloud": {
        "account": {
            "id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31"
        }
    },
    "device": {
        "id": "476cf9c5-ddcc-4848-888c-03b7d60828d1"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "WIN-SERVER-4"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "device": {
                "type": "Server"
            },
            "site": {
                "id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
                "name": "TEST API AEPDR"
            }
        }
    }
}

{
    "message": "{\"is_excluded\": false,\"reclassified_to_type\": 0,\"lock_plus_rule_id\": 0,\"reclassified_total_to_type\": 0,\"event_id\": 14155048,\"event_type\": 3,\"date\": \"2025-05-20T16:20:00\",\"custom_date_range\": false,\"host_name\": \"WIN-DESKTOP-8\",\"item_name\": \"javaw.exe\",\"path\": \"PROGRAM_FILES|\\\\POSTILION\\\\realtime\\\\jre\\\\bin\\\\javaw.exe\",\"was_run\": false,\"accessed_data\": false,\"made_external_connections\": true,\"likelihood_of_being_malicious\": 3,\"protection_mode\": 3,\"action\": 0,\"hash\": \"0bac13d855dcff055d47799fe5450150\",\"sha256\": \"7DA3E8B3891ECEA71FA8492BB4FA56979A1DDE625B57F3643313DA1AEC4C7EEB\",\"dwell_time\": 1066.7081298828125,\"device_id\": \"516ec806-f708-4443-b978-4353e82157b5\",\"status\": 2}",
    "event": {
        "category": [
            "intrusion_detection"
        ],
        "dataset": "Security logs",
        "kind": "event",
        "module": "watchguard.epdr",
        "type": [
            "denied"
        ]
    },
    "@timestamp": "2025-05-20T16:20:00Z",
    "device": {
        "id": "516ec806-f708-4443-b978-4353e82157b5"
    },
    "file": {
        "hash": {
            "md5": "0bac13d855dcff055d47799fe5450150"
        },
        "name": "javaw.exe",
        "path": "\\POSTILION\\realtime\\jre\\bin\\javaw.exe"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "WIN-DESKTOP-8"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "related": {
        "hash": [
            "0bac13d855dcff055d47799fe5450150"
        ]
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "event": {
                "name": "Blocked Item",
                "type": "3"
            },
            "file": {
                "root": "PROGRAM_FILES"
            }
        }
    }
}

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    "event": {
        "category": [
            "malware"
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        "dataset": "Security logs",
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        "module": "watchguard.epdr",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "@timestamp": "2025-05-20T22:01:50.881000Z",
    "cloud": {
        "account": {
            "id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31"
        }
    },
    "device": {
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    },
    "file": {
        "directory": "C:\\Photos",
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        "path": "C:\\Photos\\kre.exe"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "MAC-DESKTOP-3"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
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                "type": "Workstation"
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                "category": "6"
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                "id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
                "name": "TEST API AEPDR"
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}

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    "host": {
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        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
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                "name": "Exploit",
                "type": "1"
            },
            "file": {
                "root": "DESKTOPDIRECTORY"
            }
        }
    }
}

{
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    },
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        "name": "MAC-LAPTOP-1"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "device": {
                "type": "Laptop"
            },
            "malware": {
                "category": "3"
            },
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                "name": "TEST API AEPDR"
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}

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    "@timestamp": "2025-05-14T20:26:11.481000Z",
    "cloud": {
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    },
    "device": {
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    },
    "host": {
        "name": "WIN-SERVER-2"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
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    "rule": {
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        },
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        }
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "device": {
                "type": "Server"
            },
            "site": {
                "id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
                "name": "TEST API AEPDR"
            }
        }
    }
}

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    "event": {
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            "malware"
        ],
        "dataset": "Security logs",
        "kind": "event",
        "module": "watchguard.epdr",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "@timestamp": "2025-05-20T22:01:19.754000Z",
    "cloud": {
        "account": {
            "id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31"
        }
    },
    "device": {
        "id": "4b7f7d3d-3090-435f-a28b-f2ae6ca623eb"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "WIN-DESKTOP-1"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "device": {
                "type": "Workstation"
            },
            "site": {
                "id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
                "name": "TEST API AEPDR"
            }
        }
    }
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        "dataset": "Security logs",
        "kind": "event",
        "module": "watchguard.epdr",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "@timestamp": "2025-05-20T23:46:26.978000Z",
    "cloud": {
        "account": {
            "id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31"
        }
    },
    "device": {
        "id": "308cb0ae-e58b-42aa-a8f0-3d99c2ae2cb7"
    },
    "file": {
        "directory": "C:\\Documents",
        "name": "AAABC_308cb0aeH.zip",
        "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_308cb0aeH.zip"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "ANDROID-4"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "device": {
                "type": "Mobile device"
            },
            "malware": {
                "category": "7"
            },
            "site": {
                "id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
                "name": "TEST API AEPDR"
            }
        }
    }
}

{
    "message": "{\"device_id\": \"c9fce3f3-0683-425b-9e67-c3b36efd99f5\",\"malware_category\": 1,\"path\": \"C:\\\\Documents\\\\AAABC_c9fce3f3H.zip\",\"number_of_occurrences\": 1,\"action\": 1,\"id\": \"f0b57db9-caed-5199-a687-e0c43d2888a0\",\"site_id\": \"cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140\",\"account_id\": \"cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31\",\"site_name\": \"TEST API AEPDR\",\"host_name\": \"WIN-SERVER-2\",\"device_type\": 3,\"security_event_date\": \"2025-05-20T23:46:29.133Z\",\"ip_address\": \"192.168.0.190\",\"custom_group_folder_id\": \"5450bd7f-daa6-419a-b11e-8ff03c31ca36\",\"custom_group_folder_info\": [{\"name\": \"Root\",\"is_translatable\": true,\"type\": 1},{\"name\": \"Windows\",\"type\": 2},{\"name\": \"Server\",\"type\": 2}]}",
    "event": {
        "category": [
            "malware"
        ],
        "dataset": "Security logs",
        "kind": "event",
        "module": "watchguard.epdr",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ]
    },
    "@timestamp": "2025-05-20T23:46:29.133000Z",
    "cloud": {
        "account": {
            "id": "cb2ab8bc-ab9c-48c8-a7b3-43fcf067da31"
        }
    },
    "device": {
        "id": "c9fce3f3-0683-425b-9e67-c3b36efd99f5"
    },
    "file": {
        "directory": "C:\\Documents",
        "name": "AAABC_c9fce3f3H.zip",
        "path": "C:\\Documents\\AAABC_c9fce3f3H.zip"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "WIN-SERVER-2"
    },
    "observer": {
        "product": "WatchGuard EPDR",
        "vendor": "WatchGuard"
    },
    "watchguard": {
        "epdr": {
            "device": {
                "type": "Server"
            },
            "malware": {
                "category": "1"
            },
            "site": {
                "id": "cfc9a0ee-5036-41ab-925a-6457460d5140",
                "name": "TEST API AEPDR"
            }
        }
    }
}

Extracted Fields

The following table lists the fields that are extracted, normalized under the ECS format, analyzed and indexed by the parser. It should be noted that infered fields are not listed.

Name Type Description
@timestamp date Date/time when the event originated.
client.ip ip IP address of the client.
cloud.account.id keyword The cloud account or organization id.
event.category keyword Event category. The second categorization field in the hierarchy.
event.dataset keyword Name of the dataset.
event.kind keyword The kind of the event. The highest categorization field in the hierarchy.
event.module keyword Name of the module this data is coming from.
event.reason keyword Reason why this event happened, according to the source
event.type keyword Event type. The third categorization field in the hierarchy.
file.hash.md5 keyword MD5 hash.
file.name keyword Name of the file including the extension, without the directory.
file.path keyword Full path to the file, including the file name.
host.domain keyword Name of the directory the group is a member of.
host.ip ip Host ip addresses.
host.name keyword Name of the host.
observer.product keyword The product name of the observer.
observer.vendor keyword Vendor name of the observer.
rule.id keyword Rule ID
rule.name keyword Rule name
source.ip ip IP address of the source.
source.user.name keyword Short name or login of the user.
threat.indicator.confidence keyword Indicator confidence rating
threat.software.alias keyword Alias of the software
threat.tactic.id keyword Threat tactic id.
threat.technique.id keyword Threat technique id.
threat.technique.name keyword Threat technique name.
user.name keyword Short name or login of the user.
watchguard.epdr.event.type keyword The type of event that occurred.
watchguard.epdr.file.root keyword The root path of the file involved in the event.
watchguard.epdr.malware.category keyword The category of the malware detected.
watchguard.epdr.malware.name keyword The name of the malware detected.
watchguard.epdr.malware.type keyword The type of malware detected.
watchguard.epdr.site.id keyword The ID of the site where the event occurred.
watchguard.epdr.site.name keyword The name of the site where the event occurred.

For more information on the Intake Format, please find the code of the Parser, Smart Descriptions, and Supported Events here.

Further Readings