misp-taxonomies/Summary.md

Taxonomies

• Generation date: 2019-11-05
• license: CC-0
• description: Manifest file of MISP taxonomies available.

Taxonomies

targeted-threat-index

• description: The Targeted Threat Index is a metric for assigning an overall threat ranking score to email messages that deliver malware to a victim’s computer. The TTI metric was first introduced at SecTor 2013 by Seth Hardy as part of the talk “RATastrophe: Monitoring a Malware Menagerie” along with Katie Kleemola and Greg Wiseman.
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • targeting-sophistication-base-value
  • technical-sophistication-multiplier

malware_classification

• description: Classification based on different categories. Based on https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/incident/malware-101-viruses-32848
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • malware-category
  • obfuscation-technique
  • payload-classification
  • memory-classification

binary-class

• description: Custom taxonomy for types of binary file.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • type

stix-ttp

• description: TTPs are representations of the behavior or modus operandi of cyber adversaries.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • victim-targeting

europol-incident

• description: This taxonomy was designed to describe the type of incidents by class.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • malware
  • availability
  • information-gathering
  • intrusion-attempt
  • intrusion
  • information-security
  • fraud
  • abusive-content
  • other

information-security-data-source

• description: Taxonomy to classify the information security data sources.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • type-of-information
  • originality
  • timeliness-sharing-behavior
  • integrability-format
  • integrability-interface
  • trustworthiness-creditabilily
  • trustworthiness-traceability
  • trustworthiness-feedback-mechanism
  • type-of-source

cssa

• description: The CSSA agreed sharing taxonomy.
• version: 7
• Predicates
  • sharing-class
  • origin
  • report
  • analyse

dni-ism

• description: A subset of Information Security Marking Metadata ISM as required by Executive Order (EO) 13526. As described by DNI.gov as Data Encoding Specifications for Information Security Marking Metadata in Controlled Vocabulary Enumeration Values for ISM
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • classification:all
  • classification:us
  • scicontrols
  • complies:with
  • atomicenergymarkings
  • notice
  • nonic
  • nonuscontrols
  • dissem

course-of-action

• description: A Course Of Action analysis considers six potential courses of action for the development of a cyber security capability.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • passive
  • active

type

• description: Taxonomy to describe different types of intelligence gathering discipline which can be described the origin of intelligence.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • OSINT
  • SIGINT
  • TECHINT
  • CYBINT
  • DNINT
  • HUMINT
  • MEDINT
  • GEOINT
  • IMINT
  • MASINT
  • FININT

use-case-applicability

• description: The Use Case Applicability categories reflect standard resolution categories, to clearly display alerting rule configuration problems.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • announced-administrative/user-action
  • unannounced-administrative/user-action
  • log-management-rule-configuration-error
  • detection-device/rule-configuration-error
  • bad-IOC/rule-pattern-value
  • test-alert
  • confirmed-attack-with-IR-actions
  • confirmed-attack-attempt-without-IR-actions

maec-malware-obfuscation-methods

• description: Obfuscation methods used by malware based on MAEC 5.0
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • maec-obfuscation-methods

misp

• description: MISP taxonomy to infer with MISP behavior or operation.
• version: 10
• Predicates
  • ui
  • api
  • expansion
  • contributor
  • confidence-level
  • threat-level
  • automation-level
  • should-not-sync
  • tool
  • misp2yara

veris

• description: Vocabulary for Event Recording and Incident Sharing (VERIS)
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • confidence
  • cost_corrective_action
  • discovery_method
  • security_incident
  • targeted
  • asset:accessibility
  • asset:cloud
  • asset:country
  • asset:governance
  • asset:hosting
  • asset:management
  • asset:ownership
  • impact:iso_currency_code
  • impact:overall_rating
  • victim:country
  • victim:employee_count
  • action:environmental:variety
  • action:error:variety
  • action:error:vector
  • action:hacking:result
  • action:hacking:variety
  • action:hacking:vector
  • action:malware:result
  • action:malware:variety
  • action:malware:vector
  • action:misuse:result
  • action:misuse:variety
  • action:misuse:vector
  • action:physical:result
  • action:physical:variety
  • action:physical:vector
  • action:social:result
  • action:social:target
  • action:social:variety
  • action:social:vector
  • action:unknown:result
  • actor:external:country
  • actor:external:motive
  • actor:external:variety
  • actor:internal:job_change
  • actor:internal:motive
  • actor:internal:variety
  • actor:partner:country
  • actor:partner:motive
  • asset:assets:variety
  • attribute:availability:variety
  • attribute:confidentiality:data_disclosure
  • attribute:confidentiality:data_victim
  • attribute:confidentiality:state
  • attribute:integrity:variety
  • impact:loss:rating
  • impact:loss:variety
  • timeline:compromise:unit
  • timeline:containment:unit
  • timeline:discovery:unit
  • timeline:exfiltration:unit
  • victim:revenue:iso_currency_code
  • attribute:availability:duration:unit
  • attribute:confidentiality:data:variety

cryptocurrency-threat

• description: Threats targetting cryptocurrency, based on CipherTrace report.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • SIM Swapping
  • Crypto Dusting
  • Sanction Evasion
  • Next-Generation Crypto Mixers
  • Shadow Money Service Businesses
  • Datacenter-Scale Crypto Jacking:
  • Lightning Network Transactions
  • Decentralized Stable Coins
  • Email Extortion and Bomb Threats
  • Crypto Robbing Ransomware

phishing

• description: Taxonomy to classify phishing attacks including techniques, collection mechanisms and analysis status.
• version: 4
• Predicates
  • techniques
  • distribution
  • report-type
  • report-origin
  • action
  • state
  • psychological-acceptability
  • principle-of-persuasion

pentest

• description: Penetration test (pentest) classification.
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • approach
  • scan
  • exploit
  • post_exploitation
  • web
  • network
  • social_engineering
  • vulnerability

priority-level

• description: After an incident is scored, it is assigned a priority level. The six levels listed below are aligned with NCCIC, DHS, and the CISS to help provide a common lexicon when discussing incidents. This priority assignment drives NCCIC urgency, pre-approved incident response offerings, reporting requirements, and recommendations for leadership escalation. Generally, incident priority distribution should follow a similar pattern to the graph below. Based on https://www.us-cert.gov/NCCIC-Cyber-Incident-Scoring-System.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • emergency
  • severe
  • high
  • medium
  • low
  • baseline-minor
  • baseline-negligible

threats-to-dns

• description: An overview of some of the known attacks related to DNS as described by Torabi, S., Boukhtouta, A., Assi, C., & Debbabi, M. (2018) in Detecting Internet Abuse by Analyzing Passive DNS Traffic: A Survey of Implemented Systems. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 1–1. doi:10.1109/comst.2018.2849614
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • dns-protocol-attacks
  • dns-server-attacks
  • dns-abuse-or-misuse

exercise

• description: Exercise is a taxonomy to describe if the information is part of one or more cyber or crisis exercise.
• version: 5
• Predicates
  • cyber-europe
  • cyber-storm
  • locked-shields
  • lukex
  • cyber-coalition
  • pace
  • cyber-sopex

workflow

• description: Workflow support language is a common language to support intelligence analysts to perform their analysis on data and information.
• version: 10
• Predicates
  • todo
  • state

stealth_malware

• description: Classification based on malware stealth techniques. Described in https://vxheaven.org/lib/pdf/Introducing%20Stealth%20Malware%20Taxonomy.pdf
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • type

dhs-ciip-sectors

• description: DHS critical sectors as in https://www.dhs.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • DHS-critical-sectors
  • sector

fpf

• description: The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) visual guide to practical de-identification taxonomy is used to evaluate the degree of identifiability of personal data and the types of pseudonymous data, de-identified data and anonymous data. The work of FPF is licensed under a creative commons attribution 4.0 international license.
• version: 0
• Predicates
  • degrees-of-identifiability
  • pseudonymous-data
  • de-identified-data
  • anonymous-data

gea-nz-activities

• description: Information needed to track or monitor moments, periods or events that occur over time. This type of information is focused on occurrences that must be tracked for business reasons or represent a specific point in the evolution of ‘The Business’.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • cases-compliance
  • cases-proceeding
  • cases-episode
  • cases-commission-of-inquiry
  • cases-claim
  • cases-request
  • cases-order
  • events-personal
  • events-crisis
  • events-social
  • events-business
  • events-trade
  • events-travel
  • events-environmental
  • events-uncontrolled
  • events-interaction
  • services-france-society
  • services-inviduals-&-communities
  • services-services-to-business
  • services-civic-infrastructure
  • services-government-administration
  • services-services-from-business

false-positive

• description: This taxonomy aims to ballpark the expected amount of false positives.
• version: 4
• Predicates
  • risk
  • confirmed

euci

• description: EU classified information (EUCI) means any information or material designated by a EU security classification, the unauthorised disclosure of which could cause varying degrees of prejudice to the interests of the European Union or of one or more of the Member States.
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • TS-UE/EU-TS
  • S-UE/EU-S
  • C-UE/EU-C
  • R-UE/EU-R

passivetotal

• description: Tags from RiskIQ's PassiveTotal service
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • sinkholed
  • ever-compromised
  • dynamic-dns
  • class

maec-delivery-vectors

• description: Vectors used to deliver malware based on MAEC 5.0
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • maec-delivery-vector

drugs

• description: A taxonomy based on the superclass and class of drugs. Based on https://www.drugbank.ca/releases/latest
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • alkaloids-and-derivatives
  • benzenoids
  • homogeneous-metal-compounds
  • homogeneous-non-metal-compounds
  • hydrocarbons
  • hydrocarbon-derivatives
  • lignans,-neolignans-and-related-compounds
  • lipids-and-lipid-like-molecules
  • mixed-metal/non-metal-compounds
  • nucleosides,-nucleotides,-and-analogues
  • organic-1,3-dipolar-compounds
  • organic-acids-and-derivatives
  • organic-acids
  • organic-nitrogen-compounds
  • organic-oxygen-compounds
  • organic-polymers
  • organic-salts
  • organohalogen-compounds
  • organoheterocyclic-compounds
  • organometallic-compounds
  • organophosphorus-compounds
  • organosulfur-compounds
  • phenylpropanoids-and-polyketides

estimative-language

• description: Estimative language to describe quality and credibility of underlying sources, data, and methodologies based Intelligence Community Directive 203 (ICD 203) and JP 2-0, Joint Intelligence
• version: 5
• Predicates
  • likelihood-probability
  • confidence-in-analytic-judgment

ais-marking

• description: The AIS Marking Schema implementation is maintained by the National Cybersecurity and Communication Integration Center (NCCIC) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • TLPMarking
  • AISConsent
  • CISA_Proprietary
  • AISMarking

monarc-threat

• description: MONARC Threats Taxonomy
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • compromise-of-functions
  • unauthorised-actions
  • compromise-of-information
  • loss-of-essential-services
  • technical-failures
  • physical-damage

coa

• description: Course of action taken within organization to discover, detect, deny, disrupt, degrade, deceive and/or destroy an attack.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • discover
  • detect
  • deny
  • disrupt
  • degrade
  • deceive
  • destroy

ransomware

• description: Ransomware is used to define ransomware types and the elements that compose them.
• version: 4
• Predicates
  • type
  • element
  • complexity-level
  • purpose

cccs

• description: Internal taxonomy for CCCS.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • event
  • disclosure-type
  • domain-category
  • email-type
  • exploitation-technique
  • ip-category
  • maliciousness
  • malware-category
  • misusage-type
  • mitigation-type
  • origin
  • originating-organization
  • scan-type
  • severity
  • threat-vector

event-assessment

• description: A series of assessment predicates describing the event assessment performed to make judgement(s) under a certain level of uncertainty.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • alternative-points-of-view-process

smart-airports-threats

• description: Threat taxonomy in the scope of securing smart airports by ENISA. https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/securing-smart-airports
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • human-errors
  • system-failures
  • natural-and-social-phenomena
  • third-party-failures
  • malicious-actions

open_threat

• description: Open Threat Taxonomy v1.1 base on James Tarala of SANS http://www.auditscripts.com/resources/open_threat_taxonomy_v1.1a.pdf, https://files.sans.org/summit/Threat_Hunting_Incident_Response_Summit_2016/PDFs/Using-Open-Tools-to-Convert-Threat-Intelligence-into-Practical-Defenses-James-Tarala-SANS-Institute.pdf, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rdGOOFC_yE, and https://www.rsaconference.com/writable/presentations/file_upload/str-r04_using-an-open-source-threat-model-for-prioritized-defense-final.pdf
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • threat-category
  • threat-name

de-vs

• description: German (DE) Government classification markings (VS).
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • Einstufung
  • Schutzwort

data-classification

• description: Data classification for data potentially at risk of exfiltration based on table 2.1 of Solving Cyber Risk book.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • regulated-data
  • commercially-confidential-information
  • financially-sensitive-information
  • valuation-sensitive-information
  • sensitive-information

scrippsco2-fgc

• description: Flags describing the sample
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • -3
  • -2
  • -1
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8

ms-caro-malware-full

• description: Malware Type and Platform classification based on Microsoft's implementation of the Computer Antivirus Research Organization (CARO) Naming Scheme and Malware Terminology. Based on https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/portal/mmpc/shared/malwarenaming.aspx, https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/glossary.aspx, https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/objectivecriteria.aspx, and http://www.caro.org/definitions/index.html. Malware families are extracted from Microsoft SIRs since 2008 based on https://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/archive/default.aspx and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/portal/threat/threats.aspx. Note that SIRs do NOT include all Microsoft malware families.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • malware-type
  • malware-platform
  • malware-family

dcso-sharing

• description: Taxonomy defined in the DCSO MISP Event Guide. It provides guidance for the creation and consumption of MISP events in a way that minimises the extra effort for the sending party, while enhancing the usefulness for receiving parties.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • event-type

retention

• description: Add a retenion time to events to automatically remove the IDS-flag on ip-dst or ip-src attributes. We calculate the time elapsed based on the date of the event. Supported time units are: d(ays), w(eeks), m(onths), y(ears). The numerical_value is just for sorting in the web-interface and is not used for calculations.
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • expired
  • 1d
  • 2d
  • 7d
  • 2w
  • 1m
  • 2m
  • 3m
  • 6m
  • 1y
  • 10y

CERT-XLM

• description: CERT-XLM Security Incident Classification.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • abusive-content
  • malicious-code
  • information-gathering
  • intrusion-attempts
  • intrusion
  • availability
  • information-content-security
  • fraud
  • vulnerable
  • conformity
  • other
  • test

csirt-americas

• description: Taxonomía CSIRT Américas.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • defacement
  • malware
  • ddos
  • phishing
  • spam
  • botnet
  • fastflux
  • cryptojacking
  • xss
  • sqli
  • vulnerability
  • infoleak
  • compromise
  • other

enisa

• description: The present threat taxonomy is an initial version that has been developed on the basis of available ENISA material. This material has been used as an ENISA-internal structuring aid for information collection and threat consolidation purposes. It emerged in the time period 2012-2015.
• version: 20170725
• Predicates
  • physical-attack
  • unintentional-damage
  • disaster
  • failures-malfunction
  • outages
  • eavesdropping-interception-hijacking
  • legal
  • nefarious-activity-abuse

file-type

• description: List of known file types.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • type

access-method

• description: The access method used to remotely access a system.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • brute-force
  • password-guessing
  • remote-desktop-application
  • stolen-credentials
  • pass-the-hash
  • default-credentials
  • shell
  • other

ms-caro-malware

• description: Malware Type and Platform classification based on Microsoft's implementation of the Computer Antivirus Research Organization (CARO) Naming Scheme and Malware Terminology. Based on https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/portal/mmpc/shared/malwarenaming.aspx, https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/glossary.aspx, https://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/mmpc/shared/objectivecriteria.aspx, and http://www.caro.org/definitions/index.html. Malware families are extracted from Microsoft SIRs since 2008 based on https://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/archive/default.aspx and https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/portal/threat/threats.aspx. Note that SIRs do NOT include all Microsoft malware families.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • malware-type
  • malware-platform

scrippsco2-sampling-stations

• description: Sampling stations of the Scripps CO2 Program
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • ALT
  • PTB
  • STP
  • LJO
  • BCS
  • MLO
  • KUM
  • CHR
  • SAM
  • KER
  • NZD
  • PSA
  • SPO

gsma-attack-category

• description: Taxonomy used by GSMA for their information sharing program with telco describing the attack categories
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • denial-of-service
  • exploit-attack
  • information-gathering
  • insider-attack
  • interception-attack
  • manipulation-attack
  • physical-attack
  • spoofing

cyber-threat-framework

• description: Cyber Threat Framework was developed by the US Government to enable consistent characterization and categorization of cyber threat events, and to identify trends or changes in the activities of cyber adversaries. https://www.dni.gov/index.php/cyber-threat-framework
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • Preparation
  • Engagement
  • Presence
  • Effect/Consequence

copine-scale

• description: The COPINE Scale is a rating system created in Ireland and used in the United Kingdom to categorise the severity of images of child sex abuse. The scale was developed by staff at the COPINE (Combating Paedophile Information Networks in Europe) project. The COPINE Project was founded in 1997, and is based in the Department of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, Ireland.
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • level-10
  • level-9
  • level-8
  • level-7
  • level-6
  • level-5
  • level-4
  • level-3
  • level-2
  • level-1

gsma-network-technology

• description: Taxonomy used by GSMA for their information sharing program with telco describing the types of infrastructure. WiP
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • user
  • applications
  • end-devices-and-components
  • services
  • radio-access-network
  • support-and-provisioning-systems
  • interconnects
  • core
  • sim-secure-element-modules

osint

• description: Open Source Intelligence - Classification (MISP taxonomies)
• version: 11
• Predicates
  • source-type
  • lifetime
  • certainty

action-taken

• description: Action taken in the case of a security incident (CSIRT perspective).
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • informed ISP/Hosting Service Provider
  • informed Registrar
  • informed Registrant
  • informed abuse-contact (domain)
  • informed abuse-contact (IP)
  • informed legal department

maec-malware-capabilities

• description: Malware Capabilities based on MAEC 5.0
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • maec-malware-capability

eu-marketop-and-publicadmin

• description: Market operators and public administrations that must comply to some notifications requirements under EU NIS directive
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • critical-infra-operators
  • info-services
  • public-admin

approved-category-of-action

• description: A pre-approved category of action for indicators being shared with partners (MIMIC).
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • cat1
  • cat2
  • cat3
  • cat4
  • cat5
  • cat6

rsit

• description: Reference Security Incident Classification Taxonomy
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • abusive-content
  • malicious-code
  • information-gathering
  • intrusion-attempts
  • intrusions
  • availability
  • information-content-security
  • fraud
  • vulnerable
  • other
  • test

gdpr

• description: Taxonomy related to the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
• version: 0
• Predicates
  • special-categories

common-taxonomy

• description: Common Taxonomy for Law enforcement and CSIRTs
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • malware
  • availability
  • information-gathering
  • intrusion-attempt
  • intrusion
  • information-security
  • fraud
  • abusive-content
  • other

ics

• description: FIRST.ORG CTI SIG - MISP Proposal for ICS/OT Threat Attribution (IOC) Project
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • ot-security-issues
  • ot-network-data-transmission-protocols-automatic-automobile-vehicle-aviation
  • ot-network-data-transmission-protocols-automatic-meter-reading
  • ot-network-data-transmission-protocols-industrial-control-system
  • ot-network-data-transmission-protocols-building-automation
  • ot-network-data-transmission-protocols-power-system-automation
  • ot-network-data-transmission-protocols-process-automation
  • ot-communication-interface
  • ot-operating-systems
  • ot-components-category

collaborative-intelligence

• description: Collaborative intelligence support language is a common language to support analysts to perform their analysis to get crowdsourced support when using threat intelligence sharing platform like MISP. The objective of this language is to advance collaborative analysis and to share earlier than later.
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • request

vocabulaire-des-probabilites-estimatives

• description: Ce vocabulaire attribue des valeurs en pourcentage à certains énoncés de probabilité
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • degré-de-probabilité

economical-impact

• description: Economical impact is a taxonomy to describe the financial impact as positive or negative gain to the tagged information (e.g. data exfiltration loss, a positive gain for an adversary).
• version: 4
• Predicates
  • loss
  • gain

ddos

• description: Distributed Denial of Service - or short: DDoS - taxonomy supports the description of Denial of Service attacks and especially the types they belong too.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • type

ecsirt

• description: Incident Classification by the ecsirt.net version mkVI of 31 March 2015 enriched with IntelMQ taxonomy-type mapping.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • abusive-content
  • malicious-code
  • information-gathering
  • intrusion-attempts
  • intrusions
  • availability
  • information-content-security
  • fraud
  • vulnerable
  • other
  • test

rt_event_status

• description: Status of events used in Request Tracker.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • event-status

gea-nz-motivators

• description: Information relating to authority or governance.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • plans-budget
  • plans-strategy
  • plans-effort
  • plans-measure
  • plans-risk
  • plans-specification
  • controls-operational
  • controls-finance
  • controls-industry
  • controls-technological
  • controls-law
  • controls-personal
  • controls-security
  • controls-risk-governance
  • contracts-arrangement
  • contracts-rights
  • contracts-obligation
  • contracts-jurisdiction

admiralty-scale

• description: The Admiralty Scale or Ranking (also called the NATO System) is used to rank the reliability of a source and the credibility of an information. Reference based on FM 2-22.3 (FM 34-52) HUMAN INTELLIGENCE COLLECTOR OPERATIONS and NATO documents.
• version: 5
• Predicates
  • source-reliability
  • information-credibility

interception-method

• description: The interception method used to intercept traffic.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • man-in-the-middle
  • man-on-the-side
  • passive
  • search-result-poisoning
  • dns
  • host-file
  • other

incident-disposition

• description: How an incident is classified in its process to be resolved. The taxonomy is inspired from NASA Incident Response and Management Handbook. https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/589502main_ITS-HBK-2810.09-02%20%5bNASA%20Information%20Security%20Incident%20Management%5d.pdf#page=9
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • incident
  • not-an-incident
  • duplicate

DML

• description: The Detection Maturity Level (DML) model is a capability maturity model for referencing ones maturity in detecting cyber attacks. It's designed for organizations who perform intel-driven detection and response and who put an emphasis on having a mature detection program.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • 8
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0

infoleak

• description: A taxonomy describing information leaks and especially information classified as being potentially leaked. The taxonomy is based on the work by CIRCL on the AIL framework. The taxonomy aim is to be used at large to improve classification of leaked information.
• version: 7
• Predicates
  • automatic-detection
  • analyst-detection
  • confirmed
  • source
  • submission
  • output-format
  • certainty

kill-chain

• description: The Cyber Kill Chain, a phase-based model developed by Lockheed Martin, aims to help categorise and identify the stage of an attack.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • Reconnaissance
  • Weaponization
  • Delivery
  • Exploitation
  • Installation
  • Command and Control
  • Actions on Objectives

nato

• description: NATO classification markings.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • classification

iot

• description: Internet of Things taxonomy, based on IOT UK report https://iotuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IOT-Taxonomy-Report.pdf
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • TCom
  • SSL
  • DSL

adversary

• description: An overview and description of the adversary infrastructure
• version: 4
• Predicates
  • infrastructure-status
  • infrastructure-action
  • infrastructure-state
  • infrastructure-type

diamond-model

• description: The Diamond Model for Intrusion Analysis, a phase-based model developed by Lockheed Martin, aims to help categorise and identify the stage of an attack.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • Adversary
  • Capability
  • Infrastructure
  • Victim

PAP

• description: The Permissible Actions Protocol - or short: PAP - was designed to indicate how the received information can be used.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • RED
  • AMBER
  • GREEN
  • WHITE

maec-malware-behavior

• description: Malware behaviours based on MAEC 5.0
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • maec-malware-behavior

nis

• description: The taxonomy is meant for large scale cybersecurity incidents, as mentioned in the Commission Recommendation of 13 September 2017, also known as the blueprint. It has two core parts: The nature of the incident, i.e. the underlying cause, that triggered the incident, and the impact of the incident, i.e. the impact on services, in which sector(s) of economy and society.
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • impact-sectors-impacted
  • impact-severity
  • impact-outlook
  • nature-root-cause
  • nature-severity
  • test

fr-classif

• description: French gov information classification system
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • classifiees-defense
  • non-classifiees-defense
  • non-classifiees

ifx-vetting

• description: The IFX taxonomy is used to categorise information (MISP events and attributes) to aid in the intelligence vetting process
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • vetted
  • score

accessnow

• description: Access Now classification to classify an issue (such as security, human rights, youth rights).
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • anti-corruption-transparency
  • anti-war-violence
  • culture
  • economic-change
  • education
  • election-monitoring
  • environment
  • freedom-expression
  • freedom-tool-development
  • funding
  • health
  • human-rights
  • internet-telecom
  • lgbt-gender-sexuality
  • policy
  • politics
  • privacy
  • rapid-response
  • refugees
  • security
  • womens-right
  • youth-rights

tor

• description: Taxonomy to describe Tor network infrastructure
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • tor-relay-type

flesch-reading-ease

• description: Flesch Reading Ease is a revised system for determining the comprehension difficulty of written material. The scoring of the flesh score can have a maximum of 121.22 and there is no limit on how low a score can be (negative score are valid).
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • score

gsma-fraud

• description: Taxonomy used by GSMA for their information sharing program with telco describing the various aspects of fraud
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • technical
  • subscription
  • distribution
  • business
  • prepaid

domain-abuse

• description: Domain Name Abuse - taxonomy to tag domain names used for cybercrime. Use europol-incident to tag abuse-activity
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • domain-status
  • domain-access-method

honeypot-basic

• description: Updated (CIRCL, Seamus Dowling and EURECOM) from Christian Seifert, Ian Welch, Peter Komisarczuk, ‘Taxonomy of Honeypots’, Technical Report CS-TR-06/12, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON, School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, June 2006, http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/comp/Publications/archive/CS-TR-06/CS-TR-06-12.pdf
• version: 4
• Predicates
  • interaction-level
  • data-capture
  • containment
  • distribution-appearance
  • communication-interface
  • role

iep

• description: Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) Information Exchange Policy (IEP) framework
• version: 2
• Predicates
  • commercial-use
  • external-reference
  • encrypt-in-transit
  • encrypt-at-rest
  • permitted-actions
  • affected-party-notifications
  • traffic-light-protocol
  • provider-attribution
  • obfuscate-affected-parties
  • unmodified-resale
  • start-date
  • end-date
  • reference
  • name
  • version
  • id

analyst-assessment

• description: A series of assessment predicates describing the analyst capabilities to perform analysis. These assessment can be assigned by the analyst him/herself or by another party evaluating the analyst.
• version: 4
• Predicates
  • experience
  • binary-reversing-arch
  • binary-reversing-experience
  • os
  • web
  • web-experience
  • crypto-experience

eu-nis-sector-and-subsectors

• description: Sectors and sub sectors as identified by the NIS Directive
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • eu-nis-oes
  • eu-nis-oes-energy
  • eu-nis-oes-transport
  • eu-nis-oes-banking
  • eu-nis-oes-financial
  • eu-nis-oes-health
  • eu-nis-oes-water
  • eu-nis-oes-diginfra
  • eu-nis-dsp

scrippsco2-fgi

• description: Flags describing the sample for isotopic data (C14, O18)
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • -3
  • 0
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
  • 8
  • 9

europol-event

• description: This taxonomy was designed to describe the type of events
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • infected-by-known-malware
  • dissemination-malware-email
  • hosting-malware-webpage
  • c&c-server-hosting
  • worm-spreading
  • connection-malware-port
  • connection-malware-system
  • flood
  • exploit-tool-exhausting-resources
  • packet-flood
  • exploit-framework-exhausting-resources
  • vandalism
  • disruption-data-transmission
  • system-probe
  • network-scanning
  • dns-zone-transfer
  • wiretapping
  • dissemination-phishing-emails
  • hosting-phishing-sites
  • aggregation-information-phishing-schemes
  • exploit-attempt
  • sql-injection-attempt
  • xss-attempt
  • file-inclusion-attempt
  • brute-force-attempt
  • password-cracking-attempt
  • dictionary-attack-attempt
  • exploit
  • sql-injection
  • xss
  • file-inclusion
  • control-system-bypass
  • theft-access-credentials
  • unauthorized-access-system
  • unauthorized-access-information
  • data-exfiltration
  • modification-information
  • deletion-information
  • illegitimate-use-resources
  • illegitimate-use-name
  • email-flooding
  • spam
  • copyrighted-content
  • content-forbidden-by-law
  • unspecified
  • undetermined

event-classification

• description: Classification of events as seen in tools such as RT/IR, MISP and other
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • event-class

dark-web

• description: Criminal motivation on the dark web: A categorisation model for law enforcement. ref: Janis Dalins, Campbell Wilson, Mark Carman. Taxonomy updated by MISP Project
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • topic
  • motivation
  • structure

circl

• description: CIRCL Taxonomy - Schemes of Classification in Incident Response and Detection
• version: 3
• Predicates
  • incident-classification
  • topic

runtime-packer

• description: Runtime or software packer used to combine compressed data with the decompression code. The decompression code can add additional obfuscations mechanisms including polymorphic-packer or other obfuscation techniques. This taxonomy lists all the known or official packer used for legitimate use or for packing malicious binaries.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • portable-executable
  • elf
  • cli-assembly

information-security-indicators

• description: A full set of operational indicators for organizations to use to benchmark their security posture.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • IEX
  • IMF
  • IDB
  • IWH
  • VBH
  • VSW
  • VCF
  • VTC
  • VOR
  • IMP

gea-nz-entities

• description: Information relating to instances of entities or things.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • parties-party
  • parties-qualification
  • parties-role
  • parties-party-relationship
  • places-address
  • places-location-type
  • places-address-type
  • places-purpose-of-location
  • items-application-&-ict-services
  • items-ict-infrastructure
  • items-natural
  • items-financial
  • items-goods
  • items-regulatory
  • items-urban-infrastructure
  • items-accommodation
  • items-dwelling-type
  • items-artefact
  • items-waste
  • items-item-usage
  • items-other-item

tlp

• description: The Traffic Light Protocol - or short: TLP - was designed with the objective to create a favorable classification scheme for sharing sensitive information while keeping the control over its distribution at the same time.
• version: 5
• Predicates
  • red
  • amber
  • green
  • white
  • ex:chr

csirt_case_classification

• description: It is critical that the CSIRT provide consistent and timely response to the customer, and that sensitive information is handled appropriately. This document provides the guidelines needed for CSIRT Incident Managers (IM) to classify the case category, criticality level, and sensitivity level for each CSIRT case. This information will be entered into the Incident Tracking System (ITS) when a case is created. Consistent case classification is required for the CSIRT to provide accurate reporting to management on a regular basis. In addition, the classifications will provide CSIRT IM’s with proper case handling procedures and will form the basis of SLA’s between the CSIRT and other Company departments.
• version: 1
• Predicates
  • incident-category
  • criticality-classification
  • sensitivity-classification