Phishing Alerts - Check Severity
This playbook calculates and assigns the incident severity based on the highest returned severity level from the following calculations: - Email security alert action - DBotScores of indicators - Critical assets - Email authenticity - Current incident severity - Microsoft Headers
PhishingAlerts · 12 tasks · 8 inputs · 0 outputs
Details
| ID | Phishing Alerts - Check Severity |
|---|---|
| From Version | 6.0.0 |
| Tasks | 12 |
README
This playbook calculates and assigns the incident severity based on the highest returned severity level from the following calculations:
- Email security alert action
- DBotScores of indicators
- Critical assets
- Email authenticity
- Current incident severity
- Microsoft Headers
Dependencies
This playbook uses the following sub-playbooks, integrations, and scripts.
Sub-playbooks
Calculate Severity - Generic v2
Integrations
This playbook does not use any integrations.
Scripts
- AssignAnalystToIncident
- IncreaseIncidentSeverity
Commands
- send-mail
- setIncident
Playbook Inputs
| Name | Description | Default Value | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Role | The default role to assign the incident to. | Optional | |
| escalationRole | The higher tier role to assign the incident to. | Optional | |
| OnCall | Set to True to assign only to analysts on the current shift. | Optional | |
| AuthenticityCheck | Indicates the email authenticity resulting from the EmailAuthenticityCheck script. Possible values are: Pass, Fail, Suspicious, and Undetermined. | Optional | |
| MicrosoftHeadersSeverityCheck | This value is set by the “Process Microsoft’s Anti-Spam Headers” playbook, which calculates the severity after processing the PCL, BCL and PCL values in Microsoft headers. | Optional | |
| SOCEmailAddress | The SOC email address to set if the playbook handles an email security alert. | Optional | |
| EmailTo | The email recipient. | Optional | |
| blockedAlertActionValue | A comma-separated list of optional values the email security device returns for blocked\denied\etc. emails. | Optional |
Playbook Outputs
There are no outputs for this playbook.
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Inputs
Role— The default role to assign the incident to.escalationRole— The higher tier role to assign the incident to.OnCall— Set to True to assign only to analysts on the current shift.AuthenticityCheck— Indicates the email authenticity resulting from the EmailAuthenticityCheck script. Possible values are: Pass, Fail, Suspicious, and Undetermined.MicrosoftHeadersSeverityCheck— The value is set by the "Process Microsoft's Anti-Spam Headers" Playbook, which calculates the severity after processing the PCL, BCL and PCL values inside Microsoft's headers.SOCEmailAddress— The SOC email address to set if the playbook handles an email security alert.EmailTo— The email recipient.blockedAlertActionValue— A comma-separated list of optional values the email security device returns for blocked\denied\etc. emails.
Commands used
send-mail
setIncident
Flowchart
id: Phishing Alerts - Check Severity version: -1 name: Phishing Alerts - Check Severity description: |- This playbook calculates and assigns the incident severity based on the highest returned severity level from the following calculations: - Email security alert action - DBotScores of indicators - Critical assets - Email authenticity - Current incident severity - Microsoft Headers starttaskid: "0" tasks: "0": id: "0" taskid: 45b6b245-84e4-44a0-8a05-7b3f54e61fc7 type: start task: id: 45b6b245-84e4-44a0-8a05-7b3f54e61fc7 version: -1 name: "" iscommand: false brand: "" description: '' nexttasks: '#none#': - "4" separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 60 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "1": id: "1" taskid: ffa1f9d3-e869-4a6b-8e5e-b5d66fe60bb3 type: regular task: id: ffa1f9d3-e869-4a6b-8e5e-b5d66fe60bb3 version: -1 name: Assign to analyst description: Assign the incident to an analyst based on the analyst's organizational role. scriptName: AssignAnalystToIncident type: regular iscommand: false brand: "" nexttasks: '#none#': - "10" scriptarguments: onCall: complex: root: inputs.OnCall roles: complex: root: inputs.escalationRole reputationcalc: 1 separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": -20, "y": 1420 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "2": id: "2" taskid: 223a84ed-01d8-4b66-8618-bc01e69ed803 type: playbook task: id: 223a84ed-01d8-4b66-8618-bc01e69ed803 version: -1 name: Calculate Severity - Generic v2 description: |- This playbook calculates and assigns the incident severity based on the highest returned severity level from the following calculations: - DBotScores of indicators - Critical assets - Email authenticity - Current incident severity - Microsoft Headers playbookName: Calculate Severity - Generic v2 type: playbook iscommand: false brand: "" nexttasks: '#none#': - "6" scriptarguments: Account: complex: root: Account transformers: - operator: uniq CriticalEndpoints: simple: admin CriticalGroups: simple: admins,administrators CriticalUsers: simple: admin,administrator DBotScore: complex: root: DBotScore EmailAuthenticityCheck: complex: root: inputs.AuthenticityCheck Endpoint: complex: root: Endpoint transformers: - operator: uniq MicrosoftHeadersSeverityCheck: complex: root: inputs.MicrosoftHeadersSeverityCheck separatecontext: true loop: iscommand: false scriptArguments: Account: complex: root: Account transformers: - operator: uniq CriticalEndpoints: simple: admin CriticalGroups: simple: admins,administrators CriticalUsers: simple: admin,administrator DBotScore: complex: root: DBotScore EmailAuthenticityCheck: complex: root: Email accessor: AuthenticityCheck transformers: - operator: uniq Endpoint: complex: root: Endpoint transformers: - operator: uniq MicrosoftHeadersSeverityCheck: complex: root: Email accessor: MicrosoftHeadersSeverityCheck exitCondition: "" wait: 1 max: 100 view: |- { "position": { "x": -20, "y": 420 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "3": id: "3" taskid: 623fb688-3b61-4f36-8ad5-03e3c85edce9 type: regular task: id: 623fb688-3b61-4f36-8ad5-03e3c85edce9 version: -1 name: Set incident severity to "High" description: Sets the incident severity to "High". script: Builtin|||setIncident type: regular iscommand: true brand: Builtin nexttasks: '#none#': - "6" scriptarguments: severity: simple: high reputationcalc: 1 separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": 460, "y": 420 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "4": id: "4" taskid: 3de5797d-a90e-4633-8d28-b39500c99ee3 type: condition task: id: 3de5797d-a90e-4633-8d28-b39500c99ee3 version: -1 name: Determine incident severity description: Determines the severity level based on the highest result of all severity calculations. type: condition iscommand: false brand: "" nexttasks: '#default#': - "2" High: - "3" separatecontext: false conditions: - label: High condition: - - operator: isNotEmpty left: value: complex: root: Splunk accessor: DetectedUsers transformers: - operator: append args: item: value: simple: Splunk.DetectedExternalIPs iscontext: true - operator: append args: item: value: simple: Splunk.DetectedExternalHosts iscontext: true - operator: append args: item: value: simple: QRadar.DetectedUsers iscontext: true - operator: append args: item: value: simple: QRadar.DetectedExternalIPs iscontext: true - operator: append args: item: value: simple: QRadar.DetectedExternalHosts iscontext: true - operator: append args: item: value: simple: PANWHunting.DetectedUsers iscontext: true - operator: append args: item: value: simple: PANWHunting.DetectedExternalIPs iscontext: true - operator: append args: item: value: simple: PANWHunting.DetectedExternalHosts iscontext: true iscontext: true - operator: notIn left: value: complex: root: incident accessor: alertaction iscontext: true right: value: complex: root: inputs.blockedAlertActionValue iscontext: true view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 210 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "5": id: "5" taskid: cc5976de-b560-4a54-8e07-0d781a9b8b0a type: regular task: id: cc5976de-b560-4a54-8e07-0d781a9b8b0a version: -1 name: Assign to analyst description: Assign the incident to an analyst based on the analyst's organizational role. scriptName: AssignAnalystToIncident type: regular iscommand: false brand: "" nexttasks: '#none#': - "10" scriptarguments: onCall: complex: root: inputs.OnCall roles: complex: root: inputs.Role reputationcalc: 1 separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": 460, "y": 1420 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "6": id: "6" taskid: 94fac0a3-110e-4a84-88f4-86e5430dcf74 type: condition task: id: 94fac0a3-110e-4a84-88f4-86e5430dcf74 version: -1 name: Check if recipient is in sensitive mailboxes list description: Check whether the email recipient is part of the organization's critical assets. type: condition iscommand: false brand: "" nexttasks: '#default#': - "11" Sensitive Mailbox: - "8" separatecontext: false conditions: - label: Sensitive Mailbox condition: - - operator: isNotEmpty left: value: complex: root: CriticalAssets accessor: CriticalUsers iscontext: true view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 620 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "8": id: "8" taskid: 85dc6008-922c-4f8b-89f9-9794bfd6a728 type: regular task: id: 85dc6008-922c-4f8b-89f9-9794bfd6a728 version: -1 name: Set incident severity to "Critical" description: Sets the incident severity to "Critical" scriptName: IncreaseIncidentSeverity type: regular iscommand: false brand: "" nexttasks: '#none#': - "9" scriptarguments: severity: simple: Critical separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 810 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "9": id: "9" taskid: cc6de510-eceb-41c0-8a8b-ea5b669ca19a type: regular task: id: cc6de510-eceb-41c0-8a8b-ea5b669ca19a version: -1 name: Sensitive mailbox phishing attempt notification description: Sends an email regarding the findings of the sensitive mailboxes check. script: '|||send-mail' type: regular iscommand: true brand: "" nexttasks: '#none#': - "11" scriptarguments: body: simple: | XSOAR has identified a suspicious email that was sent to one or more of the organization's sensitive mailboxes. The incident severity has been raised to Critical. The following recipients where detected: Email Subject: ${incident.emailsubject} Email TO: ${incident.emailto} Email CC: ${incident.emailcc} Email BCC: ${incident.emailbcc} Message ID: ${incident.emailmessageid} XSOAR subject: simple: Sensitive mailbox phishing attempt - incident ${incident.name} to: complex: root: inputs.SOCEmailAddress separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 960 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "10": id: "10" taskid: af69c30a-003b-4a5a-813d-9d68f53a9e62 type: title task: id: af69c30a-003b-4a5a-813d-9d68f53a9e62 version: -1 name: Done type: title iscommand: false brand: "" description: '' separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 1590 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "11": id: "11" taskid: 252e150b-d455-4239-8509-eb20c4c24472 type: title task: id: 252e150b-d455-4239-8509-eb20c4c24472 version: -1 name: Assign Analyst type: title iscommand: false brand: "" description: '' nexttasks: '#none#': - "12" separatecontext: false view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 1120 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false "12": id: "12" taskid: 1344e8dd-b592-406a-844e-bdaafaf606ae type: condition task: id: 1344e8dd-b592-406a-844e-bdaafaf606ae version: -1 name: Check incident severity description: Check the incident severity in order to assign the relevant analyst. type: condition iscommand: false brand: "" nexttasks: '#default#': - "5" Escalate: - "1" separatecontext: false conditions: - label: Escalate condition: - - operator: isEqualString left: value: complex: root: incident accessor: severity iscontext: true right: value: simple: High ignorecase: true - operator: isEqualString left: value: complex: root: incident accessor: severity iscontext: true right: value: simple: Critical ignorecase: true view: |- { "position": { "x": 220, "y": 1240 } } note: false timertriggers: [] ignoreworker: false skipunavailable: false quietmode: 0 isoversize: false isautoswitchedtoquietmode: false view: |- { "linkLabelsPosition": { "12_1_Escalate": 0.42, "12_5_#default#": 0.37, "4_3_High": 0.66, "6_8_Sensitive Mailbox": 0.48 }, "paper": { "dimensions": { "height": 1595, "width": 860, "x": -20, "y": 60 } } } inputs: - key: Role value: {} required: false description: The default role to assign the incident to. playbookInputQuery: - key: escalationRole value: {} required: false description: "The higher tier role to assign the incident to." playbookInputQuery: - key: OnCall value: {} required: false description: "Set to True to assign only to analysts on the current shift." playbookInputQuery: - key: AuthenticityCheck value: {} required: false description: 'Indicates the email authenticity resulting from the EmailAuthenticityCheck script. Possible values are: Pass, Fail, Suspicious, and Undetermined.' playbookInputQuery: - key: MicrosoftHeadersSeverityCheck value: {} required: false description: The value is set by the "Process Microsoft's Anti-Spam Headers" Playbook, which calculates the severity after processing the PCL, BCL and PCL values inside Microsoft's headers. playbookInputQuery: - key: SOCEmailAddress value: {} required: false description: The SOC email address to set if the playbook handles an email security alert. playbookInputQuery: - key: EmailTo value: {} required: false description: The email recipient. playbookInputQuery: - key: blockedAlertActionValue value: {} required: false description: A comma-separated list of optional values the email security device returns for blocked\denied\etc. emails. playbookInputQuery: outputs: [] tests: - No tests (auto formatted) fromversion: 6.0.0