[New] Suricata and Elastic Defend Network Correlation (#5443)

* [New] Suricata and Elastic Defend - Command and Control Correlation

This detection correlates Suricata alerts and events with Elastic Defend network events to identify the source process
performing the network activity.

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update rules/cross-platform/command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update rules/cross-platform/command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

Co-authored-by: Jonhnathan <26856693+w0rk3r@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* Update command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

* add suricata to schemas

* merge from main

* reset schemas

* Update rules/cross-platform/command_and_control_suricata_elastic_defend_c2.toml

Co-authored-by: Mika Ayenson, PhD <Mikaayenson@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Jonhnathan <26856693+w0rk3r@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Mika Ayenson <Mika.ayenson@elastic.co>
Co-authored-by: Mika Ayenson, PhD <Mikaayenson@users.noreply.github.com>
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[metadata]
creation_date = "2025/12/10"
integration = ["endpoint", "suricata"]
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2025/12/10"
[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
This detection correlates Suricata alerts with Elastic Defend network events to identify the source process performing
the network activity.
"""
from = "now-9m"
index = ["logs-endpoint.events.network-*", "filebeat-*", "logs-suricata.*"]
language = "eql"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "Suricata and Elastic Defend Network Correlation"
references = [
"https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/",
"https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/suricata",
"https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/integrations/endpoint"
]
risk_score = 47
rule_id = "9edd000e-cbd1-4d6a-be72-2197b5625a05"
severity = "medium"
tags = [
"Domain: Endpoint",
"Domain: Network",
"OS: Linux",
"OS: Windows",
"OS: macOS",
"Use Case: Threat Detection",
"Tactic: Command and Control",
"Data Source: Elastic Defend",
"Data Source: Suricata",
"Resources: Investigation Guide",
]
type = "eql"
query = '''
sequence by source.port, source.ip, destination.ip with maxspan=1m
[network where event.dataset == "suricata.eve" and event.kind == "alert" and event.severity != 3 and source.ip != null and destination.ip != null]
[network where event.module == "endpoint" and event.action in ("disconnect_received", "connection_attempted")]
'''
note = """## Triage and analysis
### Investigating Suricata and Elastic Defend Network Correlation
### Possible investigation steps
- Investigate in the Timeline feature the two events matching this correlation (Suricata and Elastic Defend).
- Review the process details like command_line, privileges, global relevance and reputation.
- Assess the destination.ip reputation and global relevance.
- Review the parent process execution details like command_line, global relevance and reputation.
- Examine all network connection details performed by the process during last 48h.
- Correlate the alert with other security events or logs to identify any patterns or additional indicators of compromise related to the same process or network activity.
### False positive analysis
- Trusted system or third party processes performing network activity that looks like beaconing.
### Response and remediation
- Immediately isolate the affected system from the network to prevent further unauthorized access or data exfiltration.
- Terminate the suspicious processes and all associated children and parents.
- Implement network-level controls to block traffic to the destination.ip.
- Conduct a thorough review of the system's configuration files to identify unauthorized changes.
- Reset credentials for any accounts associated with the source machine.
- Escalate the incident to the security operations center (SOC) or incident response team for further investigation and to determine if additional systems are affected.
"""
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"
[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0011"
name = "Command and Control"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0011/"