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Security Monitoring with Wazuh

By : Rajneesh Gupta
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Security Monitoring with Wazuh

By: Rajneesh Gupta

Overview of this book

Explore the holistic solution that Wazuh offers to improve your organization’s cybersecurity posture with this insightful guide. Security Monitoring with Wazuh is a comprehensive resource, covering use cases, tool integration, and compliance monitoring to equip you with the skills you need to build an enterprise-level defense system. The book begins by setting up an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), integrating the open-source tool Suricata with the Wazuh platform, and then explores topics such as network and host-based intrusion detection, monitoring for known vulnerabilities, exploits, and detecting anomalous behavior. As you progress, you’ll learn how to leverage Wazuh’s capabilities to set up Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR). The chapters will lead you through the process of implementing security monitoring practices aligned with industry standards and regulations. You’ll also master monitoring and enforcing compliance with frameworks such as PCI DSS, GDPR, and MITRE ATT&CK, ensuring that your organization maintains a strong security posture while adhering to legal and regulatory requirements. By the end of this book, you’ll be proficient in harnessing the power of Wazuh and have a deeper understanding of effective security monitoring strategies.

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Part 1:Threat Detection
Part 1:Threat Detection
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Chapter 1: Intrusion Detection System (IDS) Using Wazuh
Chapter 1: Intrusion Detection System (IDS) Using Wazuh
What is an IDS?
What is Suricata?
Getting started with Wazuh and Suricata
Understanding Suricata rules
Testing web-based attacks using DVWA
Testing NIDS with tmNIDS
Summary
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Chapter 2: Malware Detection Using Wazuh
Chapter 2: Malware Detection Using Wazuh
Types of malware
Wazuh capabilities for malware detection
Malware detection using FIM
The CDB list
VirusTotal integration
Integrating Windows Defender logs
Integrating Sysmon to detect fileless malware
Summary
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Part 2: Threat Intelligence, Automation, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting
Part 2: Threat Intelligence, Automation, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting
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Chapter 3: Threat Intelligence and Analysis
Chapter 3: Threat Intelligence and Analysis
What is threat intelligence?
Automated threat intelligence
Setting up TheHive and Cortex
Setting up MISP
Integrating Wazuh with TheHive
Integrating TheHive and Cortex with MISP
Use cases
Summary
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Chapter 4: Security Automation Using Shuffle
Chapter 4: Security Automation Using Shuffle
What is SOAR?
How a SOC analyst uses SOAR
Introduction to Shuffle
Retrieving Wazuh alerts
Remotely managing Wazuh
Important Shuffle apps
Summary
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Chapter 5: Incident Response with Wazuh
Chapter 5: Incident Response with Wazuh
Introduction to incident response
Incident response automation
Wazuh active response
Blocking unauthorized SSH access
Isolating a Windows machine post-infection
Blocking RDP brute-force attacks
Summary
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Chapter 6: Threat Hunting with Wazuh
Chapter 6: Threat Hunting with Wazuh
Proactive threat hunting with Wazuh
Log data analysis for threat hunting
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
Threat hunting using Osquery
Command monitoring
Summary
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Part 3: Compliance Management
Part 3: Compliance Management
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Chapter 7: Vulnerability Detection and Configuration Assessment
Chapter 7: Vulnerability Detection and Configuration Assessment
Introduction to vulnerability detection and security configuration management
PCI DSS
NIST 800-53
HIPAA
Summary
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Chapter 8: Appendix
Chapter 8: Appendix
Custom PowerShell rules
Custom Wazuh rules for Auditd
Custom Wazuh rules for Kaspersky Endpoint Security
Custom Wazuh rules for Sysmon
Summary
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Chapter 9: Glossary
Chapter 9: Glossary
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Index
Index
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Remotely managing Wazuh

Shuffle SOAR is capable of automating multiple security operation activities. When it comes to managing the Wazuh manager and its agent, there is a manual element where a security analyst has to manually add/remove/modify different attributes. The good news is that Wazuh provides a Wazuh API to allow a trusted party to communicate and send required data. In this section, we will remotely manage multiple Wazuh-related tasks, such as managing agents, rules, CDB lists, agent groups, and decoders. We will cover the following topics in this section:

  • Requirements
  • Managing Wazuh agents

Requirement

To remotely manage Wazuh using Shuffle SOAR, we need to set up three things – authentication, JWT token generation, and subsequent API requests.

Authentication

In order to allow Shuffle to talk to the Wazuh manager, Shuffle initiates the authentication process by providing valid authentication. The default credential of the Wazuh API is...

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