Cyber-observable Objects for Digital Forensics

The goal of the project is to create a list of customized STIX™ Cyber-observable Objects for facilitating digital forensic investigations. We follow the STIX specification for customizing objects. The most important rule to create a new object type:

The value of the type property in a Custom Object SHOULD start with “x-” followed by a source unique identifier (like a domain name with dots replaced by hyphens), a hyphen and then the name. For example, x-example-com-customobject.

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SCOs for digital forensics
- Windows Event Object
- Browser History Event Object
Other extension
- threat-actor-type-ov external reference

Windows Event Object

Type Name: x-windows-evt

Properties

Property Name	Type	Description
type (required)	string	The value of this property MUST be windows-security-evt.
id (required)	identifier	The ID of a secuity type.
log_name (required)	enum	The value of this property MUST come from the log-nam-enum enumeration.
logged_time (required)	timestamp
source	string
event_id	integer
task_category	string
computer	string	The name of the computer.
user_account_ref	identifier	The user account that is associated with the evewnt.
belongs_to_ref (required)	identity	The relation describes that event is a part of file or artifact (e.g., cache, memory).

Relationships

Source	Relationship Type	Target	Description

Log Name Enumeration

Enumeration Name: log-name-enum

Vocabulary Value	Description
application
security
setup
system
forwarded-events

{
  "type": "x-windows-evt",
  "spec_version": "2.1",
  "id": "x-windows-evt--8e2e2d2b-17d4-4cbf-938f-98ee46b3cd3f",
  "log_name": "security",
  "logged_time": "2021-01-06T20:03:00.000Z",
  "source": "Microsoft Windows security auditing.",
  "event_id": "4624",
  "task_category ": "Logon",
  "computer": "ryzen3790-xu",
  "user_account_ref ": "user-account--68f0b7d5-f7ab-47d2-8773-739ceb1c11bb",
  "belongs_to_ref": "file--9460a8a8-6351-40bb-b5ad-18f3265bbf7a"
}

Browser History Event Object

Type Name: x-browser-history-evt

Properties

Property Name	Type	Description
type (required)	string	The value of this property MUST be browser-history.
id (required)	identifier	The ID of a browser history record.
url	string
title	string	The title of a web page has been visited.
visit_time	timestamp	The last time visited.
visit_count	integer	The number of times visited
browser_name	string	The values for this property SHOULD come from the browser-name-ov open vocabulary.
browser_ref	identifier	The value type for this property SHOULD software.
file_requested_ref	identifier	The ID of the file the http requested.
user_account_ref	identifier	The user account that is associated with record.
belongs_to_ref (required)	identifier	The relation describes that event is a part of file or artifact (e.g., cache, memory).

Relationships

Source	Relationship Type	Target	Description

{
  "type": "x-browser-history-evt",
  "spec_version": "2.1",
  "id": "x-browser-history-evt--8e2e2d2b-17d4-4cbf-938f-98ee46b3cd3f",
  "url": "https://www.ubalt.edu/cpa/undergraduate-majors-and-minors/majors/cyber-forensics/",
  "title": "B.S. in Cyber Forensics | University of Baltimore",
  "visit-time": "2021-01-06T20:03:22.000Z",
  "visit-count": 2,
  "browser_name": "chrome",
  "browser_ref": "software--db997c40-458d-4da6-a339-6eef90cf325e",
  "file_requested_ref ": "file--10624790-0e43-4498-89da-8979ab4215ae",
  "user_account_ref ": "user-account--68f0b7d5-f7ab-47d2-8773-739ceb1c11bb",
  "belongs_to_ref": "file--843f6a43-0603-4e0d-84a4-198386eecf4f"
}

Browser Name Open Vocabulary

Vocabulary Name: browser-name-ov

ocabulary Value	Description
chrome	Google chrome browser
ie	Internet explore
edge	Microsoft Edge
firefox	Mozilla Firefox
safari	Apple Safari
chromium	Open source Chrome alternative
opera
maxthon
brave
360-secure	360 Secure Browser
tor
other

threat-actor-type-ov external reference

Vocabulary Value	Description
criminal-intellectual-property-theft	An individual that intentionally deprives someone of his or her intellectual property
criminal-ransomware
criminal-business-email-compromise
criminal-identity-theft
criminal-spoofing-and-phishing
criminal-memory-laundry
insider-disgruntled-sabotage
insider-disgruntled-violence
insider-disgruntled-theft
insider-disgruntled-fraud
insider-disgruntled-espionage
insider-disgruntled-embarrassing
insider-disgruntled-harassing
illegal-possessor	An individual that owns, produces, distributes illegal information and device.
online- predators	An individual that makes sexual advances to minors.

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Cyber-observable Objects for Digital Forensics

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Windows Event Object

Properties

Relationships

Log Name Enumeration

Browser History Event Object

Properties

Relationships

Browser Name Open Vocabulary

threat-actor-type-ov external reference

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