openapi: 3.2.0 info: title: CTIA Actor API version: 4178275a824512c2fd3a2acdb0e8277233919054 v2.71.0 license: name: All Rights Reserved url: '' contact: name: 'Cisco Security Business Group -- Advanced Threat ' url: http://github.com/threatgrid/ctia email: cisco-intel-api-support@cisco.com description: "A Threat Intelligence API service\n\n This API provides a mechanism for making Judgements on the Disposition\n of Observables, which are then distilled into a final Verdict. A\n Disposition is a statement regarding the malicious, or otherwise,\n nature of an Observable.\n\n The Judgements can be grouped into Indicators, which can be associated\n with Campaigns, Actors and TTPs. Feedback can be given on specific\n Judgements, indicating agreement or disagreement, or clarification.\n\n When an Observable with a malicious Verdict is seen, it can be recorded as\n a Sighting, and the Relations that Observable had with other Observables can\n be recorded as well.\n\n We support a pre-defined set of Observable Types. Each Observable Type has a\n specific form of natural identifier, its ID, which is almost always\n the default way it is represented when observed in the wild.\n\n * Ipv4/IPv6 -- 192.168.1.1\n * Domain/Hostname -- foo.com, www.bar.com\n * SHA256 -- the sha256 checksum of a file, or other data blob\n * MD5 -- the md5 checksum of a file, or other data blob\n * SHA1 -- the sha1 checksum of a file, or other data blob\n * URL -- A minimal form of the URL\n\n The Verdict is derived from all of the Judgements on that Observable which\n have not yet expired. The highest priority Judgement becomes the\n active verdict. If there is more than one Judgement with that\n priority, than Clean disposition has priority over all others, then\n Malicious disposition, and so on down to Unknown.\n\n CTIA Documentation" x-provenance: method: harvested authored_by: Cisco XDR (CTIA) harvested_by: API Evangelist harvested_on: '2026-08-19' first_party: true note: Published by Cisco. Retrieved unmodified except for this x-provenance block. provider_published: true x-evidence: - type: source url: https://private.intel.amp.cisco.com/index.html - type: raw url: https://private.intel.amp.cisco.com/swagger.json servers: - url: / security: - JWT: [] - oauth2: - private-intel - private-intel:read - private-intel:write - casebook - casebook:read - casebook:write tags: - name: Actor description: Actor operations paths: /ctia/actor: post: tags: - Actor responses: '201': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' parameters: - in: query name: wait_for description: wait for entity to be available for search required: false schema: type: boolean summary: Adds a new Actor description: Requires capability create-actor. requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' description: a new Actor required: true /ctia/actor/{id}: put: tags: - Actor responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Actor' parameters: - in: query name: wait_for description: wait for updated entity to be available for search required: false schema: type: boolean - in: path name: id description: '' required: true schema: type: string summary: Update an existing Actor description: Requires capability create-actor. requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewActor' description: an updated Actor required: true get: tags: - Actor responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' summary: Get one Actor by ID parameters: - in: path name: id description: '' required: true schema: type: string - in: query name: fields description: '' required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string enum: - motivation - valid_time.start_time - sophistication - schema_version - revision - source - valid_time.end_time - title - source_uri - intended_effect - language - id - tlp - timestamp - actor_types description: Requires capability read-actor. delete: tags: - Actor responses: '204': description: '' x-no-doc: false parameters: - in: path name: id description: '' required: true schema: type: string - in: query name: wait_for description: wait for deleted entity to no more be available for search required: false schema: type: boolean summary: Delete one Actor description: Requires capability delete-actor. /ctia/actor/external_id/{external_id}: get: tags: - Actor responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/x-yaml: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/edn: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/transit+json: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/transit+msgpack: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' parameters: - in: query name: sort_by description: Sort results on a field required: false schema: type: string enum: - schema_version - revision - source - title - source_uri - language - id - tlp - timestamp - in: query name: sort_order description: Sort direction required: false schema: type: string enum: - desc - asc - in: query name: offset description: Pagination Offset required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: search_after description: Pagination stateless cursor required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string - in: query name: limit description: Pagination Limit required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: fields description: '' required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string enum: - motivation - valid_time.start_time - sophistication - schema_version - revision - source - valid_time.end_time - title - source_uri - intended_effect - language - id - tlp - timestamp - actor_types - in: path name: external_id description: '' required: true schema: type: string summary: List Actor by external id description: Requires capability read-actor. /ctia/actor/search: get: tags: - Actor responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/x-yaml: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/edn: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/transit+json: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' application/transit+msgpack: schema: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartialActor' summary: Search for Actor entities using a ES query syntax and field filters description: Requires capability search-actor. parameters: - in: query name: sort_order description: Sort direction required: false schema: type: string enum: - desc - asc - in: query name: intended_effect description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: tlp description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: from description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time - in: query name: sort_by description: 'Sort result on fields. The following fields are supported: actor_types, id, intended_effect, language, motivation, revision, schema_version, sophistication, source, source_uri, timestamp, title, tlp, valid_time.end_time, valid_time.start_time Fields can be combined with '','' and sort order can be specified by '':asc'' and '':desc''. For example: - actor_types # sort by actor_types ascending - actor_types:desc # sort by actor_types descending - actor_types,id:desc # sort by actor_types ascending, then id descending' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: fields description: '' required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string enum: - motivation - valid_time.start_time - sophistication - schema_version - revision - source - valid_time.end_time - title - source_uri - intended_effect - language - id - tlp - timestamp - actor_types - in: query name: search_after description: Pagination stateless cursor required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string - in: query name: language description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: id description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: limit description: Pagination Limit required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: motivation description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: search_fields description: '''fields'' key of Elasticsearch Fulltext Query.' required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string enum: - id - short_description - title - source - actor_types - description - in: query name: offset description: Pagination Offset required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: confidence description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: source description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: actor_types description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: sophistication description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: query description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: simple_query description: Query String with simple query format required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: revision description: '' required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: to description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time delete: tags: - Actor description: Requires capabilities delete-actor, search-actor. responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/x-yaml: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/edn: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/transit+json: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/transit+msgpack: schema: type: integer format: int64 summary: Delete Actor entities matching given Lucene/ES query string or/and field filters parameters: - in: query name: intended_effect description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: tlp description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: from description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time - in: query name: search_after description: Pagination stateless cursor required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string - in: query name: language description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: id description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: motivation description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: REALLY_DELETE_ALL_THESE_ENTITIES description: ' If you do not set this value or set it to false this route will perform a dry run. Set this value to true to perform the deletion. You MUST confirm you will fix the mess after the inevitable disaster that will occur after you perform that operation. DO NOT FORGET TO SET THAT TO FALSE AFTER EACH DELETION IF YOU INTEND TO USE THAT ROUTE MULTIPLE TIMES.' required: false schema: type: boolean - in: query name: confidence description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: source description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: actor_types description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: sophistication description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: wait_for description: wait for matched entity to be deleted required: false schema: type: boolean - in: query name: query description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: simple_query description: Query String with simple query format required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: revision description: '' required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: to description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time /ctia/actor/search/count: get: tags: - Actor responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/x-yaml: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/edn: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/transit+json: schema: type: integer format: int64 application/transit+msgpack: schema: type: integer format: int64 summary: Count Actor matching a Lucene/ES query string and field filters description: Requires capability search-actor. parameters: - in: query name: intended_effect description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: tlp description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: from description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time - in: query name: search_after description: Pagination stateless cursor required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string - in: query name: language description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: id description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: motivation description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: confidence description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: source description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: actor_types description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: sophistication description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: query description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: simple_query description: Query String with simple query format required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: revision description: '' required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: to description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time /ctia/actor/metric/histogram: get: tags: - Actor description: Requires capability search-actor. responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' summary: Histogram for some Actor field parameters: - in: query name: intended_effect description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: tlp description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: search_after description: Pagination stateless cursor required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string - in: query name: language description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: id description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: motivation description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: granularity description: '' required: true schema: type: string enum: - day - week - month - in: query name: from description: Start date of the histogram. Filters the value of selected aggregated-on field. required: true schema: type: string format: date-time - in: query name: confidence description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: source description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: actor_types description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: aggregate-on description: '' required: true schema: type: string enum: - timestamp - valid_time.start_time - valid_time.end_time - in: query name: sophistication description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: agg-key description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: timezone description: '' required: false schema: type: string enum: - -05:00 - +02:00 - +01:00 - -09:00 - -01:00 - +03:00 - +08:00 - +04:00 - +00:00 - '+11:00' - '-10:00' - +05:00 - -03:00 - -04:00 - -02:00 - -07:00 - '-11:00' - -06:00 - '+10:00' - +09:00 - +07:00 - -08:00 - +06:00 - in: query name: query description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: simple_query description: Query String with simple query format required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: revision description: '' required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: to description: End date of the histogram. Filters the value of selected aggregated-on field. required: false schema: type: string format: date-time /ctia/actor/metric/topn: get: tags: - Actor description: Requires capability search-actor. responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' summary: Topn for some Actor field parameters: - in: query name: sort_order description: '' required: false schema: type: string enum: - desc - asc - in: query name: intended_effect description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: tlp description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: search_after description: Pagination stateless cursor required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string - in: query name: language description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: id description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: limit description: '' required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: motivation description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: from description: '' required: true schema: type: string format: date-time - in: query name: confidence description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: source description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: actor_types description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: aggregate-on description: '' required: true schema: type: string enum: - confidence - sophistication - source - actor_types - intended_effect - motivation - in: query name: sophistication description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: agg-key description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: query description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: simple_query description: Query String with simple query format required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: revision description: '' required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: to description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time /ctia/actor/metric/cardinality: get: tags: - Actor description: Requires capability search-actor. responses: '200': description: '' content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/x-yaml: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/edn: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/transit+json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' application/transit+msgpack: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResult' summary: Cardinality for some Actor field parameters: - in: query name: intended_effect description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: tlp description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: search_after description: Pagination stateless cursor required: false style: form explode: true schema: type: array items: type: string - in: query name: language description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: id description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: motivation description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: from description: '' required: true schema: type: string format: date-time - in: query name: confidence description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: source description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: actor_types description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: aggregate-on description: '' required: true schema: type: string enum: - confidence - sophistication - source - actor_types - intended_effect - motivation - in: query name: sophistication description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: query description: '' required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: simple_query description: Query String with simple query format required: false schema: type: string - in: query name: revision description: '' required: false schema: type: integer format: int64 - in: query name: to description: '' required: false schema: type: string format: date-time components: schemas: Actor: example: description: string motivation: Ego valid_time: start_time: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' end_time: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' identity: description: string related_identities: - identity: string confidence: High information_source: string relationship: string sophistication: Aspirant schema_version: 1.3.30 revision: 10 planning_and_operational_support: string type: actor source: string external_ids: - string short_description: string title: string external_references: - source_name: string description: string url: string hashes: - string external_id: string source_uri: string intended_effect: Account Takeover language: string id: string tlp: green aliases: - string timestamp: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' confidence: High actor_types: - Cyber Espionage Operations description: Describes malicious actors or adversaries related to a cyber attack. type: object properties: description: example: string description: A description of object, which may be detailed. type: string motivation: example: Ego description: The reason or purpose behind the malicious activity attributed to this Actor. By understanding a threat actor's motivation, analysts can better predict the attacker's behavior and anticipate future malicious actions. type: string valid_time: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidTime' identity: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Identity' sophistication: example: Aspirant description: "Represents the level of expertise and skill that the threat actor has displayed in their malicious activities. Can help security analysts assess the potential impact of an attacker's TTPs and determine the potential attack surface. \n\nFor example, a threat actor with a low sophistication level may primarily rely on off-the-shelf malware and attack tools, while an attacker with high sophistication may use custom tools with advanced evasion techniques, zero-day exploits, and sophisticated methods for command and control of their malware. \n\nThe sophistication level of an attacker can also be inferred based on several factors such as the complexity of attacks, the attacker's knowledge of the targeted organization's systems, and the attacker's ability to remain undetected.\n\nIf an attacker shows a high level of sophistication in reconnaissances, social engineering, and phishing, then the attacker may have a good knowledge of the targeted organization and its employees. This means that the attacker may be more successful in infiltrating the organization's network and compromising its systems." type: string enum: - Aspirant - Innovator - Practitioner - Novice - Expert schema_version: type: string revision: example: 10 description: A monotonically increasing revision, incremented each time the object is changed. type: integer format: int64 planning_and_operational_support: example: string description: "Provides information about the resources and capabilities of the attacker that could be used to assist in planning and operations related to the threat.\n\n It can be used to describe Infrastructure, Tools, Techniques, and Capabilities used by the threat actor." type: string type: example: actor type: string enum: - actor source: example: string description: Represents the source of the intelligence that led to the creation of the entity. type: string external_ids: example: - string description: "It is used to store a list of external identifiers that can be linked to the incident, providing a reliable and manageable way to correlate and group related events across multiple data sources. It is especially useful in larger organizations that rely on multiple security information and event management (SIEM) systems to detect security incidents. For instance, it can be used to track events across different network sensors, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS), or log management platforms. \n The field can also be used to facilitate automation and orchestration workflows, where additional information can be shared among incident management systems. It can be used to cross-reference with other external tools such as threat intelligence feeds and vulnerability scanners." type: array items: type: string short_description: example: string description: A single line, short summary of the object. type: string title: example: string description: A short title for this object, used as primary display and reference value. type: string external_references: example: - source_name: string description: string url: string hashes: - string external_id: string description: "Specifies a list of external references which refers to non-CTIM information.\n\nSimilar to `external_ids` field with major differences:\n\n- `external_ids` field is used to store a list of external identifiers that can be used to link entities across different data sources. These identifiers are typically standardized and well-known, such as CVE IDs, US-CERT advisories, or other industry-standard threat intelligence feeds. The `external_ids` field can be used to facilitate automation and orchestration workflows, where additional information can be shared among incident management systems. \n\n- `external_references` field, on the other hand, is used to provide a more general mechanism for linking entities to external sources of information. The `external_references` field can include references to blog posts, articles, external documents, threat intelligence reports, and other sources of information that may not have a standardized format or identifier." type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalReference' source_uri: example: string description: URI of the source of the intelligence that led to the creation of the entity. type: string intended_effect: example: Account Takeover description: "Represents the desired outcome or impact the threat actor is trying to achieve through their malicious activities. \n\n Helps security analysts to understand the attacker's goals beyond the immediate impact of the attack. By understanding the intended effect, analysts can draw connections between seemingly unrelated attacks and build a more complete understanding of an attacker's long-term goals and motivations." type: string language: example: string description: 'The `language` field is used to specify the primary language of the affected system or the target of an attack. It can be used to provide additional context and information about the entity. The primary purpose of this field is to help analysts filter and prioritize entities based on their knowledge and expertise of different languages. For example, if an incident involves an attack on a system in a country where a specific language is predominant, the `language` field can be used to indicate that language, which can help analysts to quickly identify and respond to incidents that may be geographically or culturally relevant. This information can be used to prioritize incidents based on their potential impact. The `language` field can also be used to help with correlation of incidents across different systems and regions, as well as to help with data analysis and reporting.' type: string id: example: string description: Globally unique URI identifying this object. type: string tlp: example: green description: 'TLP stands for [Traffic Light Protocol](https://www.us-cert.gov/tlp), which indicates precisely how a resource is intended to be shared, replicated, copied, etc. It is used to indicate the sensitivity of the information contained within the message. This allows recipients to determine the appropriate handling and dissemination of the information based on their clearance level and need-to-know. For example, an entity containing information about a critical vulnerability in a widely-used software might be marked as `red`, indicating that it should only be shared with a small group of highly trusted individuals who need to know in order to take appropriate action. On the other hand, a message containing more general information about security threats might be marked as `amber` or `green`, indicating that it can be shared more broadly within an organization.' type: string enum: - white - green - red - amber aliases: example: - string description: A list of other names that this Threat Actor is believed to use. type: array items: type: string timestamp: example: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' description: The time this object was created at, or last modified. type: string format: date-time confidence: example: High description: 'This field can help analysts decide how much trust they can put in the information provided by the threat intelligence sources. For example, an Actor entity can have high confidence if the organization''s security researchers have been tracking it for a long time and have gathered a significant amount of intelligence about it through various sources, such as analysis of malware, network traffic, and human intelligence. In contrast, low confidence may indicate the organization has only seen limited or circumstantial evidence.' type: string enum: - Medium - Info - Unknown - None - High - Low actor_types: example: - Cyber Espionage Operations type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false PartialActor: example: description: string motivation: Ego valid_time: start_time: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' end_time: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' identity: description: string related_identities: - identity: string confidence: High information_source: string relationship: string sophistication: Aspirant schema_version: 1.3.30 revision: 10 planning_and_operational_support: string type: actor source: string external_ids: - string short_description: string title: string external_references: - source_name: string description: string url: string hashes: - string external_id: string source_uri: string intended_effect: Account Takeover language: string id: string tlp: green aliases: - string timestamp: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' confidence: High actor_types: - Cyber Espionage Operations description: Describes malicious actors or adversaries related to a cyber attack. type: object properties: description: example: string description: A description of object, which may be detailed. type: string authorized_groups: type: array items: type: string motivation: example: Ego description: The reason or purpose behind the malicious activity attributed to this Actor. By understanding a threat actor's motivation, analysts can better predict the attacker's behavior and anticipate future malicious actions. type: string valid_time: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidTime' identity: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Identity' sophistication: example: Aspirant description: "Represents the level of expertise and skill that the threat actor has displayed in their malicious activities. Can help security analysts assess the potential impact of an attacker's TTPs and determine the potential attack surface. \n\nFor example, a threat actor with a low sophistication level may primarily rely on off-the-shelf malware and attack tools, while an attacker with high sophistication may use custom tools with advanced evasion techniques, zero-day exploits, and sophisticated methods for command and control of their malware. \n\nThe sophistication level of an attacker can also be inferred based on several factors such as the complexity of attacks, the attacker's knowledge of the targeted organization's systems, and the attacker's ability to remain undetected.\n\nIf an attacker shows a high level of sophistication in reconnaissances, social engineering, and phishing, then the attacker may have a good knowledge of the targeted organization and its employees. This means that the attacker may be more successful in infiltrating the organization's network and compromising its systems." type: string enum: - Aspirant - Innovator - Practitioner - Novice - Expert schema_version: type: string revision: example: 10 description: A monotonically increasing revision, incremented each time the object is changed. type: integer format: int64 planning_and_operational_support: example: string description: "Provides information about the resources and capabilities of the attacker that could be used to assist in planning and operations related to the threat.\n\n It can be used to describe Infrastructure, Tools, Techniques, and Capabilities used by the threat actor." type: string authorized_users: type: array items: type: string type: example: actor type: string enum: - actor created: type: string format: date-time source: example: string description: Represents the source of the intelligence that led to the creation of the entity. type: string external_ids: example: - string description: "It is used to store a list of external identifiers that can be linked to the incident, providing a reliable and manageable way to correlate and group related events across multiple data sources. It is especially useful in larger organizations that rely on multiple security information and event management (SIEM) systems to detect security incidents. For instance, it can be used to track events across different network sensors, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS), or log management platforms. \n The field can also be used to facilitate automation and orchestration workflows, where additional information can be shared among incident management systems. It can be used to cross-reference with other external tools such as threat intelligence feeds and vulnerability scanners." type: array items: type: string modified: type: string format: date-time short_description: example: string description: A single line, short summary of the object. type: string title: example: string description: A short title for this object, used as primary display and reference value. type: string external_references: example: - source_name: string description: string url: string hashes: - string external_id: string description: "Specifies a list of external references which refers to non-CTIM information.\n\nSimilar to `external_ids` field with major differences:\n\n- `external_ids` field is used to store a list of external identifiers that can be used to link entities across different data sources. These identifiers are typically standardized and well-known, such as CVE IDs, US-CERT advisories, or other industry-standard threat intelligence feeds. The `external_ids` field can be used to facilitate automation and orchestration workflows, where additional information can be shared among incident management systems. \n\n- `external_references` field, on the other hand, is used to provide a more general mechanism for linking entities to external sources of information. The `external_references` field can include references to blog posts, articles, external documents, threat intelligence reports, and other sources of information that may not have a standardized format or identifier." type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalReference' source_uri: example: string description: URI of the source of the intelligence that led to the creation of the entity. type: string intended_effect: example: Account Takeover description: "Represents the desired outcome or impact the threat actor is trying to achieve through their malicious activities. \n\n Helps security analysts to understand the attacker's goals beyond the immediate impact of the attack. By understanding the intended effect, analysts can draw connections between seemingly unrelated attacks and build a more complete understanding of an attacker's long-term goals and motivations." type: string language: example: string description: 'The `language` field is used to specify the primary language of the affected system or the target of an attack. It can be used to provide additional context and information about the entity. The primary purpose of this field is to help analysts filter and prioritize entities based on their knowledge and expertise of different languages. For example, if an incident involves an attack on a system in a country where a specific language is predominant, the `language` field can be used to indicate that language, which can help analysts to quickly identify and respond to incidents that may be geographically or culturally relevant. This information can be used to prioritize incidents based on their potential impact. The `language` field can also be used to help with correlation of incidents across different systems and regions, as well as to help with data analysis and reporting.' type: string id: example: string description: Globally unique URI identifying this object. type: string tlp: example: green description: 'TLP stands for [Traffic Light Protocol](https://www.us-cert.gov/tlp), which indicates precisely how a resource is intended to be shared, replicated, copied, etc. It is used to indicate the sensitivity of the information contained within the message. This allows recipients to determine the appropriate handling and dissemination of the information based on their clearance level and need-to-know. For example, an entity containing information about a critical vulnerability in a widely-used software might be marked as `red`, indicating that it should only be shared with a small group of highly trusted individuals who need to know in order to take appropriate action. On the other hand, a message containing more general information about security threats might be marked as `amber` or `green`, indicating that it can be shared more broadly within an organization.' type: string enum: - white - green - red - amber client_id: type: string aliases: example: - string description: A list of other names that this Threat Actor is believed to use. type: array items: type: string groups: type: array items: type: string timestamp: example: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' description: The time this object was created at, or last modified. type: string format: date-time confidence: example: High description: 'This field can help analysts decide how much trust they can put in the information provided by the threat intelligence sources. For example, an Actor entity can have high confidence if the organization''s security researchers have been tracking it for a long time and have gathered a significant amount of intelligence about it through various sources, such as analysis of malware, network traffic, and human intelligence. In contrast, low confidence may indicate the organization has only seen limited or circumstantial evidence.' type: string enum: - Medium - Info - Unknown - None - High - Low owner: type: string actor_types: example: - Cyber Espionage Operations type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false MetricResultData: type: object additionalProperties: {} ValidTime: example: start_time: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' end_time: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' description: Period of time when a cyber observation is valid. type: object properties: start_time: example: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' description: If not present, the valid time position of the indicator does not have an upper bound. type: string format: date-time end_time: example: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' description: If end_time is not present, then the valid time position of the object does not have an upper bound. type: string format: date-time additionalProperties: false RelatedIdentity: example: identity: string confidence: High information_source: string relationship: string description: Describes a related Identity type: object properties: identity: example: string description: The reference (URI) of the related Identity object. type: string confidence: example: High description: Specifies the level of confidence in the assertion of the relationship between the two objects. type: string enum: - Medium - Info - Unknown - None - High - Low information_source: example: string description: Specifies the source of the information about the relationship between the two components. type: string relationship: example: string type: string additionalProperties: false Identity: example: description: string related_identities: - identity: string confidence: High information_source: string relationship: string description: Can contain information such as the name of the attacker, the group or organization they belong to, or any other identifier that can help in the attribution process. type: object properties: description: example: string description: Markdown string with at most 5000 characters. type: string related_identities: example: - identity: string confidence: High information_source: string relationship: string description: Identifies other entity Identities related to this Identity. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelatedIdentity' additionalProperties: false MetricResult: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResultData' type: type: string enum: - histogram - topn - avg - cardinality filters: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MetricResultFilters' additionalProperties: false required: - data - type - filters ExternalReference: example: source_name: string description: string url: string hashes: - string external_id: string description: External references are used to describe pointers to information represented outside of CTIM. For example, a Malware object could use an external reference to indicate an ID for that malware in an external database or a report could use references to represent source material. type: object properties: source_name: example: string description: The source within which the external-reference is defined (system, registry, organization, etc.) type: string description: example: string description: Markdown string with at most 5000 characters. type: string url: example: string description: A URL reference to an external resource. type: string hashes: example: - string description: Specifies a dictionary of hashes for the contents of the url. type: array items: type: string external_id: example: string description: An identifier for the external reference content. type: string additionalProperties: false required: - source_name NewActor: description: a new Actor type: object properties: description: example: string description: A description of object, which may be detailed. type: string authorized_groups: type: array items: type: string motivation: example: Ego description: The reason or purpose behind the malicious activity attributed to this Actor. By understanding a threat actor's motivation, analysts can better predict the attacker's behavior and anticipate future malicious actions. type: string valid_time: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidTime' identity: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Identity' sophistication: example: Aspirant description: "Represents the level of expertise and skill that the threat actor has displayed in their malicious activities. Can help security analysts assess the potential impact of an attacker's TTPs and determine the potential attack surface. \n\nFor example, a threat actor with a low sophistication level may primarily rely on off-the-shelf malware and attack tools, while an attacker with high sophistication may use custom tools with advanced evasion techniques, zero-day exploits, and sophisticated methods for command and control of their malware. \n\nThe sophistication level of an attacker can also be inferred based on several factors such as the complexity of attacks, the attacker's knowledge of the targeted organization's systems, and the attacker's ability to remain undetected.\n\nIf an attacker shows a high level of sophistication in reconnaissances, social engineering, and phishing, then the attacker may have a good knowledge of the targeted organization and its employees. This means that the attacker may be more successful in infiltrating the organization's network and compromising its systems." type: string enum: - Aspirant - Innovator - Practitioner - Novice - Expert schema_version: type: string revision: example: 10 description: A monotonically increasing revision, incremented each time the object is changed. type: integer format: int64 planning_and_operational_support: example: string description: "Provides information about the resources and capabilities of the attacker that could be used to assist in planning and operations related to the threat.\n\n It can be used to describe Infrastructure, Tools, Techniques, and Capabilities used by the threat actor." type: string authorized_users: type: array items: type: string type: example: actor type: string enum: - actor created: type: string format: date-time source: example: string description: Represents the source of the intelligence that led to the creation of the entity. type: string external_ids: example: - string description: "It is used to store a list of external identifiers that can be linked to the incident, providing a reliable and manageable way to correlate and group related events across multiple data sources. It is especially useful in larger organizations that rely on multiple security information and event management (SIEM) systems to detect security incidents. For instance, it can be used to track events across different network sensors, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS), or log management platforms. \n The field can also be used to facilitate automation and orchestration workflows, where additional information can be shared among incident management systems. It can be used to cross-reference with other external tools such as threat intelligence feeds and vulnerability scanners." type: array items: type: string modified: type: string format: date-time short_description: example: string description: A single line, short summary of the object. type: string title: example: string description: A short title for this object, used as primary display and reference value. type: string external_references: example: - source_name: string description: string url: string hashes: - string external_id: string description: "Specifies a list of external references which refers to non-CTIM information.\n\nSimilar to `external_ids` field with major differences:\n\n- `external_ids` field is used to store a list of external identifiers that can be used to link entities across different data sources. These identifiers are typically standardized and well-known, such as CVE IDs, US-CERT advisories, or other industry-standard threat intelligence feeds. The `external_ids` field can be used to facilitate automation and orchestration workflows, where additional information can be shared among incident management systems. \n\n- `external_references` field, on the other hand, is used to provide a more general mechanism for linking entities to external sources of information. The `external_references` field can include references to blog posts, articles, external documents, threat intelligence reports, and other sources of information that may not have a standardized format or identifier." type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExternalReference' source_uri: example: string description: URI of the source of the intelligence that led to the creation of the entity. type: string intended_effect: example: Account Takeover description: "Represents the desired outcome or impact the threat actor is trying to achieve through their malicious activities. \n\n Helps security analysts to understand the attacker's goals beyond the immediate impact of the attack. By understanding the intended effect, analysts can draw connections between seemingly unrelated attacks and build a more complete understanding of an attacker's long-term goals and motivations." type: string language: example: string description: 'The `language` field is used to specify the primary language of the affected system or the target of an attack. It can be used to provide additional context and information about the entity. The primary purpose of this field is to help analysts filter and prioritize entities based on their knowledge and expertise of different languages. For example, if an incident involves an attack on a system in a country where a specific language is predominant, the `language` field can be used to indicate that language, which can help analysts to quickly identify and respond to incidents that may be geographically or culturally relevant. This information can be used to prioritize incidents based on their potential impact. The `language` field can also be used to help with correlation of incidents across different systems and regions, as well as to help with data analysis and reporting.' type: string id: example: string description: IDs are URIs, for example `https://www.domain.com/ctia/judgement/judgement-de305d54-75b4-431b-adb2-eb6b9e546014` for a [Judgement](judgement.md). This _ID_ type compares to the STIX _id_ field. The optional STIX _idref_ field is not used. type: string tlp: example: green description: 'TLP stands for [Traffic Light Protocol](https://www.us-cert.gov/tlp), which indicates precisely how a resource is intended to be shared, replicated, copied, etc. It is used to indicate the sensitivity of the information contained within the message. This allows recipients to determine the appropriate handling and dissemination of the information based on their clearance level and need-to-know. For example, an entity containing information about a critical vulnerability in a widely-used software might be marked as `red`, indicating that it should only be shared with a small group of highly trusted individuals who need to know in order to take appropriate action. On the other hand, a message containing more general information about security threats might be marked as `amber` or `green`, indicating that it can be shared more broadly within an organization.' type: string enum: - white - green - red - amber client_id: type: string aliases: example: - string description: A list of other names that this Threat Actor is believed to use. type: array items: type: string groups: type: array items: type: string timestamp: example: '2016-01-01T01:01:01.000Z' description: The time this object was created at, or last modified. type: string format: date-time confidence: example: High description: 'This field can help analysts decide how much trust they can put in the information provided by the threat intelligence sources. For example, an Actor entity can have high confidence if the organization''s security researchers have been tracking it for a long time and have gathered a significant amount of intelligence about it through various sources, such as analysis of malware, network traffic, and human intelligence. In contrast, low confidence may indicate the organization has only seen limited or circumstantial evidence.' type: string enum: - Medium - Info - Unknown - None - High - Low owner: type: string actor_types: example: - Cyber Espionage Operations type: array items: type: string additionalProperties: false required: - description - source - short_description - title MetricResultFilters: type: object properties: from: type: string format: date-time to: type: string format: date-time additionalProperties: {} required: - from - to securitySchemes: JWT: type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization description: 'Ex: Bearer \' oauth2: type: oauth2 flows: authorizationCode: scopes: private-intel: Private Intelligence Full Access private-intel:read: Private Intelligence Read Access private-intel:write: Private Intelligence Write Access casebook: Casebook Full Access casebook:read: Casebook Read Access casebook:write: Casebook Write Access authorizationUrl: https://visibility.amp.cisco.com/iroh/oauth2/authorize tokenUrl: https://visibility.amp.cisco.com/iroh/oauth2/token