Manage threat collections

Built-in threat collections from ExtraHop and CrowdStrike identify indicators of compromise throughout the system.

1. Log in to the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>.
2. Click the System Settings icon and then click Threat Intelligence.
3. In the Built-In Threat Collections table, click Enable or Disable in the Actions column.
   The system automatically checks for updates to ExtraHop and CrowdStrike threat collections every 6 hours.
   

   

   
   

Upload threat collections from free and commercial sources to identify indicators of compromise throughout the ExtraHop system. Because threat intelligence data is updated frequently (sometimes daily), you might need to update a threat collection with the latest data. When you update a threat collection with new data, the collection is deleted and replaced, and not appended to an existing collection.

1. Log in to the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>.
2. Click the System Settings icon and then click Threat Intelligence.
3. Click Manage custom collections.
4. Click Upload New Collection.
5. In the Collection ID field, type a unique collection ID. The ID can only contain alphanumeric characters and spaces are not allowed.
6. Click Choose file and select a .tgz file that contains a STIX file.
7. Type a display name in the Display Name field.
8. Click Upload Collection.
9. Repeat these steps on all consoles and each connected sensor.

Threat collections can be delivered to your environment over the Trusted Automated Exchange of Intelligence Information (TAXII) protocol.

1. Log in to the ExtraHop system through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>.
2. Click the System Settings icon and then click Threat Intelligence.
3. In the TAXII feed section, click Add TAXII Feed.
4. In the Name field, type a unique name for the TAXII feed.
5. In the TAXII Server Discovery URL field, type the discovery URL for your TAXII feed provider.
6. From the TAXII version dropdown, select the TAXII protocol version of the feed.
7. Select an authentication type.
   • No authentication
   • Basic authentication

     Enter the username and password for the target feed.

8. Specify a certificate for the target feed.
   • No certificate
   • Basic certificate

     Copy and paste the contents of the PEM-encoded certificate chain into the basic certificate field. A valid trust path must exist from the certificate to a trusted root.

9. Click Test Connection to confirm URL, authentication, and certificate settings.
10. Click Next.
11. From the Collections for Enrichment dropdown, select the threat collections that will result in a suspicious tag when an indicator match occurs.
12. From the Collections for Detection Creation dropdown, select the threat collections that will result in a detection when an indicator match occurs.

    Note:

    You can assign a collection to both enrichment and detection creation. If a collection is not assigned to the enrichment option, the collection will not be updated during polling and indicators from the collection will not appear in your system.

13. In the Maximum Lookback field, type the number of days in the past you want to accept indicators from the threat collection.
    You can set this value to a number between 1 and 15 days. The feed will only accept indicators that were created during this lookback period.
14. In the Polling Frequency field, type the number of hours between polling the TAXII feed for threat collection updates.
    You can set this value to a number between 1 and 24 hours.
15. Click Save.

TAXII feed configuration information displays in the TAXII Feed section of the Threat Intelligence page, including the specified lookback period, polling frequency, and total number of indicators contained in the feed. The TAXII Collections table contains details about the individual collections in the feed.

Here are some considerations about TAXII feeds:

• The time required to poll the TAXII feed and process indicators is based on the number of indicators in the feed. For reference, polling a feed with 500,000 indicators in the specified lookback period could take an hour or more.
• Indicator types that are not recognized by the ExtraHop system, benign endpoint indicators, and indicators marked as revoked will be removed from the feed during polling.
• In the TAXII collections table, the collection status will display a dash (-) until the collection is up-to-date. If this status does not resolve to up-to-date, test your connection to the TAXII server, then check your TAXII feed provider to make sure that the collection still exists in the feed, that your credentials grant access to the collection, and that you have not exceeded polling limits set by the provider. A partial update status will display if a collection does not fully update during polling. Partial updates can occur if the polling was interrupted unexpectedly or if a provider rate limit was reached.