WaZuh Security Insights and Enhancements

Welcome to WaZuh Security Insights and Enhancements,

This project serves as a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in leveraging WaZuh for Xtended Detection and Response (XDR) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). Here, you'll find a collection of valuable enhancements, custom dashboards, and personal learnings.

1. Comprehensive Overview: Instantly access a complete overview of all security events detected by WaZuh, providing a clear and concise snapshot of the current security landscape.
2. Insightful Dashboards: Utilize these dashboards to thoroughly review and analyze security insights identified by WaZuh, enabling a deeper understanding of potential threats and vulnerabilities.
3. Periodic Reviews: Leverage these dashboards for regular reviews of security events, helping to systematically narrow down findings and focus on critical issues.
4. Advanced Filtering: Each field within the dashboard offers powerful filtering capabilities, allowing for detailed insights and the ability to drill down into specific events for more granular analysis.

What's Inside:

1. Custom Dashboards: Dive into Custom dashboards that visualize critical security metrics and insights.

2. Enhancements: Explore various improvements and tweaks to optimize WaZuh's functionality.

3. Learnings: Benefit from my experiences and key takeaways while working with WaZuh XDR and SIEM.

4. Resources: Access documentation and guides to help you get started and make the most out of WaZuh.

Custom Dashboards

1. Overview of the Dashboards:        [Full View ↗]

CISO Dashboard | Security Anomaly Detection

CISO Dashboard | AWS Security

CISO Dashboard | System Anomaly Detection

Dashboard	Exports
CISO Dashboard | Security Anomaly Detection	Download
CISO Dashboard | AWS Security	Download
CISO Dashboard | System Anomaly Detection	Download

Note: Above Dashboards are in ndjson format, download the file and then follow below steps

2. How to Integrate:

1. Go to WaZuh ➔ Stack Management ➔ Saved Objects ➔ Import

   • CISO Dashboard | Security Anomaly Detection Download ➔
   • CISO Dashboard | System Anomaly Detection Download ➔
   • CISO Dashboard | AWS Security Download ➔

Enhancements:

A) WaZuh Extenal API Integrations ↗

1. Monitoring Email Overview

2. How to Integrate:

Step 1: Download the Custom Integration Script

Resources	Link
Custom Alerts Email PY	Go to Download

Step 2: Setup the Script File

Add this Script inside: /var/ossec/integrations/

Set Permission

chown root:wazuh /var/ossec/integrations/custom-alerts-email.py
chmod 750 /var/ossec/integrations/custom-alerts-email.py

Step 3: Integration in WaZuh

Use the Below XML Section inside WaZuh Manager ossec.conf

<!-- For GuardDuty: Custom GuardDuty Formatter -->
<integration>
    <name>custom-alerts-email.py</name>
    <hook_url>[email protected]</hook_url>
    <group>aws_guardduty</group>
    <api_key>Guardduty</api_key>
    <alert_format>json</alert_format>
</integration>

<!-- For FIM: Custom FIM Formatter -->
<integration>
    <name>custom-alerts-email.py</name>
    <hook_url>[email protected]</hook_url>
    <group>syscheck</group>
    <api_key>FIM</api_key>
    <alert_format>json</alert_format>
</integration>

<!-- For SG: Custom SecurityGroups Formatter -->
<integration>
    <name>custom-alerts-email.py</name>
    <hook_url>[email protected]</hook_url>
    <group>aws_cloudtrail_securitygroups</group> <!-- A Custom Group in rules need to be created which has all SG related Events -->
    <api_key>SecurityGroups</api_key>
    <alert_format>json</alert_format>
</integration>

<!-- For Any: Custom for Any - Set blank for api_key -->
<integration>
    <name>custom-alerts-email.py</name>
    <hook_url>[email protected]</hook_url>
    <group>ossec</group>
    <api_key></api_key>
    <alert_format>json</alert_format>
</integration>

Learnings:

Note: To be added soon, work in progress

Resources:

A Quick overview of WaZuh Components

Resources	Link
WaZuh Docs	Go to Link
WaZuh Docker Installation	Go to Link
AWS XDR Integrations	Go to Link
Proof of Concepts	Go to Link