Collect Trend Micro Cloud One logs

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This parser handles syslog and JSON formatted logs from Trend Micro Cloud One. It extracts key-value pairs from LEEF formatted messages, normalizes severity values, identifies principal and target entities (IP, hostname, user), and maps the data into the UDM schema. If the LEEF format is not detected, the parser attempts to process the input as JSON and extract relevant fields accordingly.

Before you begin

  • Ensure that you have a Google SecOps instance.
  • Ensure that you have privileged access to Trend Micro Cloud One.
  • Ensure that you have a Windows 2012 SP2 or later or Linux host with systemd.
  • If running behind a proxy, ensure firewall ports are open.

Get Google SecOps credentials for the Bindplane agent

To authenticate the Bindplane agent to Google SecOps, choose one of the following methods:

  • New deployments: Use the Chronicle API (Option 1).
  • Legacy deployments: Continue using the ingestion authentication file (Option 2) until the Ingestion API is discontinued on July 20, 2027.
  1. Sign in to the Google Cloud console and select the Google Cloud project that is linked to your Google SecOps instance.
  2. Go to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
  3. Click Create service account.
  4. Provide the following configuration details:
    • Service account name: Enter a name for the account (for example, bindplane-ingest).
    • Service account description: Enter a description (for example, Bindplane agent log ingestion).
  5. Click Create and continue.
  6. In the Grant this service account access to project section, click Select a role and select Chronicle Editor.
  7. Click Continue, and then click Done.
  8. Click the service account you created, and then go to the Keys tab.
  9. Click Add key > Create new key.
  10. Select JSON and click Create. The key file is downloaded to your computer.
  11. Save the key file as ingestion-auth.json in the Bindplane collector directory (/opt/observiq-otel-collector/ingestion-auth.json on Linux or C:\Program Files\observIQ OpenTelemetry Collector\ingestion-auth.json on Windows), or update creds_file_path in config.yaml to match the path where you save it.
  12. Go to IAM & Admin > Settings and copy the Project number. You'll need it for the exporter configuration.

Option 2: Download the ingestion authentication file (legacy)

  1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
  2. Go to SIEM Settings > Collection Agents.
  3. Download the ingestion authentication file.
  4. Save the file securely on the system where the Bindplane agent will be installed.

Get Google SecOps customer ID

  1. Sign in to the Google SecOps console.
  2. Go to SIEM Settings > Profile.
  3. Copy and save the Customer ID from the Organization Details section.

Install Bindplane Agent

  1. For Windows installation, run the following script: msiexec /i "https://github.com/observIQ/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/observiq-otel-collector.msi" /quiet.
  2. For Linux installation, run the following script: sudo sh -c "$(curl -fsSlL https://github.com/observiq/bindplane-agent/releases/latest/download/install_unix.sh)" install_unix.sh.
  3. Additional installation options can be found in this installation guide.

Configure Bindplane Agent to ingest Syslog and send to Google SecOps

  1. Access the machine with Bindplane Agent.
  2. Edit the config.yaml file as follows:

    receivers:
      udplog:
        # Replace the below port <5514> and IP (0.0.0.0) with your specific values
        listen_address: "0.0.0.0:514"
    
    exporters:
      chronicle/chronicle_w_labels:
        protocol: https
        # Region of your instance, for example us, europe, asia-southeast1
        location: <LOCATION>
        # Project number of the Google Cloud project linked to the instance
        project: '<PROJECT_NUMBER>'
        compression: gzip
        # Adjust the path to the credentials file you saved in Step 1
        creds: '{ json file for creds }'
        # Replace <customer_id> below with your actual ID that you copied
        customer_id: <customer_id>
        endpoint: chronicle.googleapis.com
        # You can apply ingestion labels below as preferred
        ingestion_labels:
        log_type: SYSLOG
        namespace:
        raw_log_field: body
    service:
      pipelines:
        logs/source0__chronicle_w_labels-0:
          receivers:
            - udplog
          exporters:
            - chronicle/chronicle_w_labels
    
    • Replace the port and IP address as required in your infrastructure.
    • Replace <LOCATION> with the region of your Google SecOps instance (for example, us, europe, or asia-southeast1). The exporter prefixes chronicle.googleapis.com with this value.
    • Replace <PROJECT_NUMBER> with the project number from IAM & Admin > Settings.
    • Replace <customer_id> with the actual customer ID.
    • Update { json file for creds } to the path where the service account key file (Option 1) was saved.
  3. Restart the Bindplane Agent to apply the changes using the following command: sudo systemctl bindplane restart

Legacy ingestion API exporter

  • If you use the ingestion authentication file from Option 2, replace the exporters block with the following. Set creds to the path to the ingestion authentication file, and if your instance is outside the US, replace malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com with your regional endpoint (for example, europe-malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com).

    exporters:
      chronicle/chronicle_w_labels:
        compression: gzip
        # Adjust the path to the credentials file you saved in Step 1
        creds: '{ json file for creds }'
        # Replace <customer_id> below with your actual ID that you copied
        customer_id: <customer_id>
        endpoint: malachiteingestion-pa.googleapis.com
        # You can apply ingestion labels below as preferred
        ingestion_labels:
        log_type: SYSLOG
        namespace:
        raw_log_field: body
    

Configure Syslog from Trend Micro Cloud One

  1. Go to Policies > Common Objects > Other > Syslog Configurations.
  2. Click New > New Configuration > General
  3. Specify values for the following parameters:
    • Name: Unique name that identifies the configuration (for example, Google SecOps BindPlance server).
    • Server Name: Enter the IP address of the Bindplane Agent.
    • Server Port: Enter the port of the Bindplane Agent (for example, 514).
    • Transport: Select UDP.
    • Event Format: Select Syslog.
    • Include time zone in events: Keep unselected.
    • Facility: Type of process with which events will be associated.
    • Agents should forward logs: Select Syslog server.
    • Click Save.

Export system events in Trend Micro Cloud One

  1. Go to Administration > System Settings > Event Forwarding.
  2. Forward System Events to a remote computer (via Syslog) using configuration, select the configuration created in the previous step.
  3. Click Save.

Export security events in Trend Micro Cloud One

  1. Go to Policies.
  2. Click the policy used by the computers.
  3. Go to Settings > Event Forwarding.
  4. Event Forwarding Frequency (from the Agent/Appliance): choose Period between sending of events and select how often the security events will be forwarded.
  5. Event Forwarding Configuration (from the Agent/Appliance): choose Anti-Malware Syslog Configuration and select the configuration created in the previous step.
  6. Click Save.

UDM Mapping Table

Log Field UDM Mapping Logic
act security_result.action If act is "deny" or "block" (case-insensitive), then BLOCK. If act is "pass" or "allow" (case-insensitive), then ALLOW. If act is "update" or "rename" (case-insensitive), then ALLOW_WITH_MODIFICATION. If act is "quarantine" (case-insensitive), then QUARANTINE. Otherwise, UNKNOWN_ACTION.
act security_result.action_details Directly mapped.
cat security_result.category_details Directly mapped.
cn1 target.asset_id Prefixed with "Host Id:" if cn1Label is "Host ID".
desc metadata.description Directly mapped.
dvchost target.asset.hostname Directly mapped.
dvchost target.hostname Directly mapped.
log_type metadata.product_name Directly mapped.
msg security_result.description Directly mapped.
name security_result.summary Directly mapped.
organization target.administrative_domain Directly mapped.
proto additional.fields.key Set to "Protocol" if the proto field cannot be converted to an integer.
proto additional.fields.value.string_value Directly mapped if the proto field cannot be converted to an integer.
proto network.ip_protocol Mapped using the parse_ip_protocol.include logic, which converts the protocol number to its corresponding name (e.g., "6" becomes "TCP").
product_version metadata.product_version Directly mapped.
sev security_result.severity If sev is "0", "1", "2", "3" or "low" (case-insensitive), then LOW. If sev is "4", "5", "6" or "medium" (case-insensitive), then MEDIUM. If sev is "7", "8" or "high" (case-insensitive), then HIGH. If sev is "9", "10" or "very high" (case-insensitive), then CRITICAL.
sev security_result.severity_details Directly mapped.
src principal.asset.hostname Directly mapped if it's not a valid IP address.
src principal.asset.ip Directly mapped if it's a valid IP address.
src principal.hostname Directly mapped if it's not a valid IP address.
src principal.ip Directly mapped if it's a valid IP address.
TrendMicroDsTenant security_result.detection_fields.key Set to "TrendMicroDsTenant".
TrendMicroDsTenant security_result.detection_fields.value Directly mapped.
TrendMicroDsTenantId security_result.detection_fields.key Set to "TrendMicroDsTenantId".
TrendMicroDsTenantId security_result.detection_fields.value Directly mapped.
usrName principal.user.userid Directly mapped. If has_principal is true and has_target is true, then NETWORK_CONNECTION. Else if has_principal is true, then STATUS_UPDATE. Else if has_target is true and has_principal is false, then USER_UNCATEGORIZED. Otherwise, GENERIC_EVENT. Set to AUTHTYPE_UNSPECIFIED if event_type is USER_UNCATEGORIZED. Set to "true" if a principal IP, hostname, or MAC address is extracted. Otherwise, initialized to "false". Set to "true" if a target IP, hostname, or MAC address is extracted. Otherwise, initialized to "false". Same as the top-level event timestamp. Set to "Trend Micro".

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