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Airborne Broadcast Activity

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Airborne Broadcast Activity events report the activity of any aircraft or unmanned system as reported and tracked by Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers. Based on the ADS-B standards described in Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 14 Chapter I Subchapter F Part 91 and in other general Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) supplemental orders and guidance described here.

Attributes

CaptionNameTypeDescription
Action action String The normalized caption of action_id.
Action ID action_id Integer The action taken by a control or other policy-based system leading to an outcome or disposition. An unknown action may still correspond to a known disposition. Refer to disposition_id for the outcome of the action.
  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 1: Allowed (ALLOWED)
  • 2: Denied (DENIED)
  • 3: Observed (OBSERVED)
  • 4: Modified (MODIFIED)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Activity ID activity_id Integer The normalized identifier of the activity that triggered the event.
  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 1: Capture (CAPTURE)
  • 2: Record (RECORD)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Activity activity_name String The event activity name, as defined by the activity_id.
Actor actor Actor[] The actor object describes details about the user/role/process that was the source of the activity. Note that this is not the threat actor of a campaign but may be part of a campaign.
Aircraft aircraft Aircraft[] The Aircraft object represents any aircraft or otherwise airborne asset such as an unmanned system, airplane, balloon, spacecraft, or otherwise. The Aircraft object is intended to normalized data captured or otherwise logged from active radar, passive radar, multi-spectral systems, or the Automatic Dependant Broadcast - Surveillance (ADS-B), and/or Mode S systems.
API Details api API[] Describes details about a typical API (Application Programming Interface) call.
MITRE ATT&CK® Details attacks MITRE ATT&CK®[] An array of MITRE ATT&CK® objects describing identified tactics, techniques & sub-techniques.
Authorization Information authorizations Authorization Result[] Provides details about an authorization, such as authorization outcome, and any associated policies related to the activity/event.
Category category_name String The event category name, as defined by category_uid value: Unmanned Systems.
Category ID category_uid Integer The category unique identifier of the event.
  • 8: Unmanned Systems (UNMANNED_SYSTEMS)
Class class_name String The event class name, as defined by class_uid value: Airborne Broadcast Activity.
Class ID class_uid Integer The unique identifier of a class. A class describes the attributes available in an event.
  • 8002: Airborne Broadcast Activity (AIRBORNE_BROADCAST_ACTIVITY)
Cloud cloud Cloud[] Describes details about the Cloud environment where the event was originally created or logged.
Confidence confidence String The confidence, normalized to the caption of the confidence_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Confidence ID confidence_id Integer The normalized confidence refers to the accuracy of the rule that created the finding. A rule with a low confidence means that the finding scope is wide and may create finding reports that may not be malicious in nature.
  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 1: Low (LOW)
  • 2: Medium (MEDIUM)
  • 3: High (HIGH)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Confidence Score confidence_score Integer The confidence score as reported by the event source.
Connection Info connection_info Network Connection Information[] The network connection information.
Count count Integer The number of times that events in the same logical group occurred during the event Start Time to End Time period.
Device device Device[] An addressable device, computer system or host.
Disposition disposition String The disposition name, normalized to the caption of the disposition_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Disposition ID disposition_id Integer Describes the outcome or action taken by a security control, such as access control checks, malware detections or various types of policy violations.
  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 1: Allowed (ALLOWED)
  • 2: Blocked (BLOCKED)
  • 3: Quarantined (QUARANTINED)
  • 4: Isolated (ISOLATED)
  • 5: Deleted (DELETED)
  • 6: Dropped (DROPPED)
  • 7: Custom Action (CUSTOM_ACTION)
  • 8: Approved (APPROVED)
  • 9: Restored (RESTORED)
  • 10: Exonerated (EXONERATED)
  • 11: Corrected (CORRECTED)
  • 12: Partially Corrected (PARTIALLY_CORRECTED)
  • 13: Uncorrected (UNCORRECTED)
  • 14: Delayed (DELAYED)
  • 15: Detected (DETECTED)
  • 16: No Action (NO_ACTION)
  • 17: Logged (LOGGED)
  • 18: Tagged (TAGGED)
  • 19: Alert (ALERT)
  • 20: Count (COUNT)
  • 21: Reset (RESET)
  • 22: Captcha (CAPTCHA)
  • 23: Challenge (CHALLENGE)
  • 24: Access Revoked (ACCESS_REVOKED)
  • 25: Rejected (REJECTED)
  • 26: Unauthorized (UNAUTHORIZED)
  • 27: Error (ERROR)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Destination Endpoint dst_endpoint Network Endpoint[] The destination network endpoint for the ADS-B system, if telemetry is being remotely broadcasted.
Duration Milliseconds duration Long The event duration or aggregate time, the amount of time the event covers from start_time to end_time in milliseconds.
End Time end_time Timestamp The end time of a time period, or the time of the most recent event included in the aggregate event.
End Time end_time_dt Datetime The end time of a time period, or the time of the most recent event included in the aggregate event.
Enrichments enrichments Enrichment[] The additional information from an external data source, which is associated with the event or a finding. For example add location information for the IP address in the DNS answers:

[{"name": "answers.ip", "value": "92.24.47.250", "type": "location", "data": {"city": "Socotra", "continent": "Asia", "coordinates": [-25.4153, 17.0743], "country": "YE", "desc": "Yemen"}}]
Firewall Rule firewall_rule Firewall Rule[] The firewall rule that pertains to the control that triggered the event, if applicable.
Alert is_alert Boolean Indicates that the event is considered to be an alertable signal. Should be set to true if disposition_id = Alert among other dispositions, and/or risk_level_id or severity_id of the event is elevated. Not all control events will be alertable, for example if disposition_id = Exonerated or disposition_id = Allowed.
Malware malware Malware[] A list of Malware objects, describing details about the identified malware.
Message message String The description of the event/finding, as defined by the source.
Metadata metadata Metadata[] The metadata associated with the event or a finding.
Observables observables Observable[] The observables associated with the event or a finding.
OSINT osint OSINT[] The OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) object contains details related to an indicator such as the indicator itself, related indicators, geolocation, registrar information, subdomains, analyst commentary, and other contextual information. This information can be used to further enrich a detection or finding by providing decisioning support to other analysts and engineers.
Policy policy Policy[] The policy that pertains to the control that triggered the event, if applicable. For example the name of an anti-malware policy or an access control policy.
ADS-B Protocol protocol_name String The specific protocol associated with the ADS-B system. E.g. ADS-B UAT or ADS-B ES.
Proxy Endpoint proxy_endpoint Network Proxy Endpoint[] The proxy (server) in a network connection.
Raw Data raw_data String The raw event/finding data as received from the source.
Record ID record_id String Unique idenifier for the event
Risk Details risk_details String Describes the risk associated with the finding.
Risk Level risk_level String The risk level, normalized to the caption of the risk_level_id value.
Risk Level ID risk_level_id Integer The normalized risk level id.
  • 0: Info (INFO)
  • 1: Low (LOW)
  • 2: Medium (MEDIUM)
  • 3: High (HIGH)
  • 4: Critical (CRITICAL)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Risk Score risk_score Integer The risk score as reported by the event source.
RSSI rssi Integer Recent average RSSI (signal power) measured in dbFS. This value will always be negative, e.g., -87.13.
Severity severity String The event/finding severity, normalized to the caption of the severity_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the source.
Severity ID severity_id Integer

The normalized identifier of the event/finding severity.

The normalized severity is a measurement the effort and expense required to manage and resolve an event or incident. Smaller numerical values represent lower impact events, and larger numerical values represent higher impact events.
  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 1: Informational (INFORMATIONAL)
  • 2: Low (LOW)
  • 3: Medium (MEDIUM)
  • 4: High (HIGH)
  • 5: Critical (CRITICAL)
  • 6: Fatal (FATAL)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Source Endpoint src_endpoint Network Endpoint[] The source network endpoint for the ADS-B system.
Start Time start_time Timestamp The start time of a time period, or the time of the least recent event included in the aggregate event.
Start Time start_time_dt Datetime The start time of a time period, or the time of the least recent event included in the aggregate event.
Status status String The event status, normalized to the caption of the status_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
Status Code status_code String The event status code, as reported by the event source.

For example, in a Windows Failed Authentication event, this would be the value of 'Failure Code', e.g. 0x18.
Status Detail status_detail String The status detail contains additional information about the event/finding outcome.
Status ID status_id Integer The normalized identifier of the event status.
  • 0: Unknown (UNKNOWN)
  • 1: Success (SUCCESS)
  • 2: Failure (FAILURE)
  • 99: Other (OTHER)
Event Time time Timestamp The normalized event occurrence time or the finding creation time.
Event Time time_dt Datetime The normalized event occurrence time or the finding creation time.
Timezone Offset timezone_offset Integer The number of minutes that the reported event time is ahead or behind UTC, in the range -1,080 to +1,080.
TLS tls Transport Layer Security (TLS)[] The Transport Layer Security (TLS) attributes.
Traffic traffic Network Traffic[] Traffic refers to the amount of data transmitted from a ADS-B remote monitoring system at a given point of time. Ex: bytes_in and bytes_out.
Type Name type_name String The event/finding type name, as defined by the type_uid.
Type ID type_uid Long The event/finding type ID. It identifies the event's semantics and structure. The value is calculated by the logging system as: class_uid * 100 + activity_id.
  • 800200: Airborne Broadcast Activity: Unknown (AIRBORNE_BROADCAST_ACTIVITY_UNKNOWN)
  • 800201: Airborne Broadcast Activity: Capture (AIRBORNE_BROADCAST_ACTIVITY_CAPTURE)
  • 800202: Airborne Broadcast Activity: Record (AIRBORNE_BROADCAST_ACTIVITY_RECORD)
  • 800299: Airborne Broadcast Activity: Other (AIRBORNE_BROADCAST_ACTIVITY_OTHER)
Unmanned Aerial System unmanned_aerial_system Unmanned Aerial System[] The Unmanned Aerial System object describes the characteristics, Position Location Information (PLI), and other metadata of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and other unmanned and drone systems used in Remote ID. Remote ID is defined in the Standard Specification for Remote ID and Tracking (ASTM Designation: F3411-22a) ASTM F3411-22a.
UAS Operating Area unmanned_system_operating_area Unmanned System Operating Area[] The UAS Operating Area object describes details about a precise area of operations for a UAS flight or mission.
Unmanned Systems Operator unmanned_system_operator User[] The human or machine operator of an Unmanned System.
Unmapped Data unmapped Object[] The attributes that are not mapped to the event schema. The names and values of those attributes are specific to the event source.

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Airborne Broadcast Activity references the following objects and events in its attributes:

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