NTP Activity

ntp_activity

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) Activity events report instances of remote clients synchronizing their clocks with an NTP server, as observed on the network.

Attributes

Caption	Name	Type	Description
Action	`action`	String	Group:`primary` The normalized caption of action_id.
Action ID	`action_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` 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	Group:`classification` The normalized identifier of the activity that triggered the event. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Symmetric Active Exchange (`SYMMETRIC_ACTIVE_EXCHANGE`) `2`: Symmetric Passive Response (`SYMMETRIC_PASSIVE_RESPONSE`) `3`: Client Synchronization (`CLIENT_SYNCHRONIZATION`) `4`: Server Response (`SERVER_RESPONSE`) `5`: Broadcast (`BROADCAST`) `6`: Control (`CONTROL`) `7`: Private Use Case (`PRIVATE_USE_CASE`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Activity	`activity_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event activity name, as defined by the activity_id.
Actor	`actor`	Actor[]	Group:`primary` 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.
API Details	`api`	API[]	Group:`context` Describes details about a typical API (Application Programming Interface) call.
Application Name	`app_name`	String	Group:`context` The name of the application associated with the event or object.
MITRE ATT&CK® and ATLAS™ Details	`attacks`	MITRE ATT&CK® & ATLAS™[]	Group:`primary` An array of MITRE ATT&CK® objects describing identified tactics, techniques & sub-techniques. The objects are compatible with MITRE ATLAS™ tactics, techniques & sub-techniques.
Authorization Information	`authorizations`	Authorization Result[]	Group:`primary` Provides details about an authorization, such as authorization outcome, and any associated policies related to the activity/event.
Category	`category_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event category name, as defined by category_uid value: Network Activity.
Category ID	`category_uid`	Integer	Group:`classification` The category unique identifier of the event. `4`: Network Activity (`NETWORK_ACTIVITY`)
Class	`class_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event class name, as defined by class_uid value: NTP Activity.
Class ID	`class_uid`	Integer	Group:`classification` The unique identifier of a class. A class describes the attributes available in an event. `4013`: NTP Activity (`NTP_ACTIVITY`)
Cloud	`cloud`	Cloud[]	Group:`primary` Describes details about the Cloud environment where the event was originally created or logged.
Confidence	`confidence`	String	Group:`primary` 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	Group:`primary` 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	Group:`primary` The confidence score as reported by the event source.
Connection Info	`connection_info`	Network Connection Information[]	Group:`primary` The network connection information.
Count	`count`	Integer	Group:`occurrence` The number of times that events in the same logical group occurred during the event Start Time to End Time period.
Root Delay	`delay`	Integer	Group:`primary` The total round-trip delay to the reference clock in milliseconds.
Device	`device`	Device[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`primary` An addressable device, computer system or host.
Root Dispersion	`dispersion`	Integer	Group:`primary` The dispersion in the NTP protocol is the estimated time error or uncertainty relative to the reference clock in milliseconds.
Disposition	`disposition`	String	Group:`primary` 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	Group:`primary` 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[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`primary` The responder (server) in a network connection.
Duration Milliseconds	`duration`	Long	Group:`occurrence` 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	Group:`occurrence` The end time of a time period, or the time of the most recent event included in the aggregate event.
Enrichments	`enrichments`	Enrichment[]	Group:`context` 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[]	Group:`primary` The firewall rule that pertains to the control that triggered the event, if applicable.
Alert	`is_alert`	Boolean	Group:`primary` 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.
JA4+ Fingerprints	`ja4_fingerprint_list`	JA4+ Fingerprint[]	Group:`context` A list of the JA4+ network fingerprints.
Load Balancer	`load_balancer`	Load Balancer[]	Group:`primary` The Load Balancer object contains information related to the device that is distributing incoming traffic to specified destinations.
Malware	`malware`	Malware[]	Group:`primary` A list of Malware objects, describing details about the identified malware.
Malware Scan Info	`malware_scan_info`	Malware Scan Info[]	Group:`primary` Describes details about the scan job that identified malware on the target system.
Message	`message`	String	Group:`primary` The description of the event/finding, as defined by the source.
Metadata	`metadata`	Metadata[]	Group:`context` The metadata associated with the event or a finding.
Observables	`observables`	Observable[]	Group:`primary` The observables associated with the event or a finding.
OSINT	`osint`	OSINT[]	Group:`primary` 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[]	Group:`primary` 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.
Precision	`precision`	Integer	Group:`primary` The NTP precision quantifies a clock's accuracy and stability in log2 seconds, as defined in RFC-5905.
Proxy	`proxy`	Network Proxy Endpoint[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`primary` The proxy (server) in a network connection. 🚧 WARNING: DEPRECATED Proxy has been deprecated since 1.1.0. Use the proxy_endpoint attribute instead.
Proxy Connection Info	`proxy_connection_info`	Network Connection Information[]	Group:`context` The connection information from the proxy server to the remote server.
Proxy Endpoint	`proxy_endpoint`	Network Proxy Endpoint[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`context` The proxy (server) in a network connection.
Proxy HTTP Request	`proxy_http_request`	HTTP Request[]	Group:`context` The HTTP Request from the proxy server to the remote server.
Proxy HTTP Response	`proxy_http_response`	HTTP Response[]	Group:`context` The HTTP Response from the remote server to the proxy server.
Proxy TLS	`proxy_tls`	Transport Layer Security (TLS)[]	Group:`context` The TLS protocol negotiated between the proxy server and the remote server.
Proxy Traffic	`proxy_traffic`	Network Traffic[]	Group:`context` The network traffic refers to the amount of data moving across a network, from proxy to remote server at a given point of time.
Raw Data	`raw_data`	JSON	Group:`context` The event data as received from the event source.
Raw Data Hash	`raw_data_hash`	Fingerprint[]	Entity:`FINGERPRINT` Group:`context` The hash, which describes the content of the raw_data field.
Raw Data Size	`raw_data_size`	Long	Group:`context` The size of the raw data which was transformed into an OCSF event, in bytes.
Record ID	`record_id`	String	Group:`primary` Unique idenifier for the event
Risk Details	`risk_details`	String	Group:`primary` Describes the risk associated with the finding.
Risk Level	`risk_level`	String	Group:`primary` The risk level, normalized to the caption of the risk_level_id value.
Risk Level ID	`risk_level_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` 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	Group:`primary` The risk score as reported by the event source.
Severity	`severity`	String	Group:`classification` 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	Group:`classification` 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[]	Entity:`ENDPOINT` Group:`primary` The initiator (client) of the network connection.
Start Time	`start_time`	Timestamp	Group:`occurrence` The start time of a time period, or the time of the least recent event included in the aggregate event.
Status	`status`	String	Group:`primary` 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	Group:`primary` 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	Group:`primary` The status detail contains additional information about the event/finding outcome.
Status ID	`status_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized identifier of the event status. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Success (`SUCCESS`) `2`: Failure (`FAILURE`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Stratum	`stratum`	String	Group:`primary` The stratum level of the NTP server's time source, normalized to the caption of the stratum_id value.
Stratum ID	`stratum_id`	Integer	Group:`primary` The normalized identifier of the stratum level, as defined in RFC-5905. `0`: Unknown (`UNKNOWN`) `1`: Primary Server (`PRIMARY_SERVER`) `2`: Secondary Server (`SECONDARY_SERVER`) `16`: Unsynchronized (`UNSYNCHRONIZED`) `17`: Reserved (`RESERVED`) `99`: Other (`OTHER`)
Event Time	`time`	Timestamp	Group:`occurrence` The normalized event occurrence time or the finding creation time.
Timezone Offset	`timezone_offset`	Integer	Group:`occurrence` 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)[]	Group:`context` The Transport Layer Security (TLS) attributes.
Traffic	`traffic`	Network Traffic[]	Group:`primary` The network traffic refers to the amount of data moving across a network at a given point of time. Intended to be used alongside Network Connection.
Type Name	`type_name`	String	Group:`classification` The event/finding type name, as defined by the type_uid.
Type ID	`type_uid`	Long	Group:`classification` 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. `401300`: NTP Activity: Unknown (`NTP_ACTIVITY_UNKNOWN`) `401301`: NTP Activity: Symmetric Active Exchange (`NTP_ACTIVITY_SYMMETRIC_ACTIVE_EXCHANGE`) `401302`: NTP Activity: Symmetric Passive Response (`NTP_ACTIVITY_SYMMETRIC_PASSIVE_RESPONSE`) `401303`: NTP Activity: Client Synchronization (`NTP_ACTIVITY_CLIENT_SYNCHRONIZATION`) `401304`: NTP Activity: Server Response (`NTP_ACTIVITY_SERVER_RESPONSE`) `401305`: NTP Activity: Broadcast (`NTP_ACTIVITY_BROADCAST`) `401306`: NTP Activity: Control (`NTP_ACTIVITY_CONTROL`) `401307`: NTP Activity: Private Use Case (`NTP_ACTIVITY_PRIVATE_USE_CASE`) `401399`: NTP Activity: Other (`NTP_ACTIVITY_OTHER`)
Unmapped	`unmapped`	Unmapped[]	Group:`context` Data from the source that was not mapped into the schema.
Version	`version`	String	Group:`context` The version number of the NTP protocol.

Relationships

Outbound Relationships

NTP Activity references the following objects and events in its attributes:

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