Performing IOC Enrichment Automation

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• SOC analysts need to quickly enrich IOCs from multiple sources during alert triage
• High alert volumes require automated enrichment to reduce manual lookup time
• Incident investigations need comprehensive IOC context for scope assessment
• SOAR playbooks require enrichment actions as part of automated triage workflows

Do not use for bulk blocking decisions without analyst review — enrichment provides context, not definitive malicious/benign determination.

Prerequisites

• API keys: VirusTotal (free or premium), AbuseIPDB, Shodan, URLScan.io, GreyNoise
• Python 3.8+ with requests, vt-py, shodan libraries
• MISP instance or TIP for cross-referencing organizational intelligence
• SOAR platform (optional) for workflow integration
• Rate limit awareness: VT free (4 req/min), AbuseIPDB (1000/day), Shodan (1 req/sec)

Workflow

Step 1: Build Unified Enrichment Engine

Create a multi-source enrichment pipeline:

import requests
import vt
import shodan
import time
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import Optional

@dataclass
class EnrichmentResult:
    ioc_value: str
    ioc_type: str
    virustotal: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
    abuseipdb: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
    shodan_data: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
    greynoise: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
    urlscan: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
    misp_matches: list = field(default_factory=list)
    risk_score: float = 0.0
    disposition: str = "Unknown"

class IOCEnrichmentEngine:
    def __init__(self, config):
        self.vt_client = vt.Client(config["virustotal_key"])
        self.shodan_api = shodan.Shodan(config["shodan_key"])
        self.abuseipdb_key = config["abuseipdb_key"]
        self.greynoise_key = config["greynoise_key"]
        self.urlscan_key = config["urlscan_key"]

    def enrich_ip(self, ip_address):
        result = EnrichmentResult(ioc_value=ip_address, ioc_type="ip")

        # VirusTotal
        try:
            vt_obj = self.vt_client.get_object(f"/ip_addresses/{ip_address}")
            result.virustotal = {
                "malicious": vt_obj.last_analysis_stats.get("malicious", 0),
                "suspicious": vt_obj.last_analysis_stats.get("suspicious", 0),
                "total_engines": sum(vt_obj.last_analysis_stats.values()),
                "reputation": vt_obj.reputation,
                "country": getattr(vt_obj, "country", "Unknown"),
                "as_owner": getattr(vt_obj, "as_owner", "Unknown")
            }
        except Exception as e:
            result.virustotal = {"error": str(e)}

        # AbuseIPDB
        try:
            response = requests.get(
                "https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/check",
                headers={"Key": self.abuseipdb_key, "Accept": "application/json"},
                params={"ipAddress": ip_address, "maxAgeInDays": 90}
            )
            data = response.json()["data"]
            result.abuseipdb = {
                "confidence_score": data["abuseConfidenceScore"],
                "total_reports": data["totalReports"],
                "is_tor": data.get("isTor", False),
                "usage_type": data.get("usageType", "Unknown"),
                "isp": data.get("isp", "Unknown"),
                "domain": data.get("domain", "Unknown")
            }
        except Exception as e:
            result.abuseipdb = {"error": str(e)}

        # Shodan
        try:
            host = self.shodan_api.host(ip_address)
            result.shodan_data = {
                "ports": host.get("ports", []),
                "os": host.get("os", "Unknown"),
                "organization": host.get("org", "Unknown"),
                "isp": host.get("isp", "Unknown"),
                "vulns": host.get("vulns", []),
                "last_update": host.get("last_update", "Unknown")
            }
        except shodan.APIError:
            result.shodan_data = {"status": "Not found in Shodan"}

        # GreyNoise
        try:
            response = requests.get(
                f"https://api.greynoise.io/v3/community/{ip_address}",
                headers={"key": self.greynoise_key}
            )
            gn_data = response.json()
            result.greynoise = {
                "classification": gn_data.get("classification", "unknown"),
                "noise": gn_data.get("noise", False),

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