Threat Actors

Fetches actor intelligence data to enhance threat correlation and investigation workflows.

Sync Type: Full Synchronisation

Requirements

• Before you connect Monad to CrowdStrike, you need a Client ID and Client Secret. Log in to your CrowdStrike portal, and under Support & Resources, click on 'API Client and Keys' to create your credentials.

• Enter a Client Name, Description and API Scopes to define the API client. Ensure read roles for Actors (Falcon Intelligence) are enabled.
• Click Done.
• Copy the ClientID and ClientSecret key. You'll need them when you set up the Monad connector.

Details

Monad uses the cron field to run this input on specific intervals and returns all actors' details, performing a full sync of data each time.

Configuration

The following configuration defines the input parameters. Each field's specifications, such as type, requirements, and descriptions, are detailed below.

Settings

Setting	Type	Required	Description
Cron	string	Yes	Cron string for scheduling tasks. Ex: '0 0 * * *' for daily execution at midnight.
Sort	string	No	Order fields in ascending or descending order. Ex: 'created_date
Cloud Type	string	No	Your cloud type for CrowdStrike. Ex: 'autodiscover', 'us-1', 'us-2', 'eu-1', 'us-gov-1'.
Actor Type	string	No	Type of actor. Ex: 'APT', 'eCrime', 'Hacktivist', 'Insider Threat', 'Nation-State', 'Unknown', 'Other', etc.
Target Industries	string	No	Industries targeted by the actor. Ex: 'Financial', 'Healthcare', 'Energy', 'Government', 'Manufacturing', 'Technology', etc.

Secrets

Secret	Type	Required	Description
Client ID	string	Yes	Client ID for the CrowdStrike API. This is required to authenticate requests.
Client Secret	string	Yes	Client Secret for the CrowdStrike API. This is required to authenticate requests.

Custom Schema Handling

If the source data doesn't align with any of the OpenSecurityControlFramework (OSCF) schemas, you can create a custom transformation using our JQ transform pipeline. For example:

{
  metadata: {
    schema_version: "1.0.0",
    custom_framework: "my_framework"
  },
  controls: .[]
}

For more information on JQ and how to write your own JQ transformations see the JQ docs here.

If you believe this data source should be included in the standard OSCF schema set, please reach out to our team at support@monad.com. We're always looking to expand our coverage of security control frameworks based on community needs.

Sample Record

{
  "active": true,
  "actor_type": "nation-state",
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Phishing"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Malware"
    }
  ],
  "capability": {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "High"
  },
  "created_date": 1754955992,
  "description": "adipiscing nulla et ea sit veniam adipiscing elit elit velit",
  "description_length": 85,
  "develops_threats": [
    {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "Ransomware"
    }
  ],
  "develops_threats_count": 1,
  "ecrime_kill_chain": {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "Complete"
  },
  "entitlements": [
    {
      "id": 6,
      "name": "Admin"
    }
  ],
  "first_activity_date": 1754955992,
  "has_subgroup": [
    {
      "id": 7,
      "name": "Subgroup A"
    }
  ],
  "has_subgroup_actors_count": 1,
  "has_successor": [
    {
      "id": 8,
      "name": "Successor A"
    }
  ],
  "has_successor_actors_count": 1,
  "id": "33026",
  "image": {
    "url": "http://example.com/image.png"
  },
  "in_reports": [
    {
      "id": 9,
      "title": "Report B"
    }
  ],
  "in_reports_count": 1,
  "is_subgroup_of": [
    {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "Secondary Group"
    }
  ],
  "is_subgroup_of_actors_count": 1,
  "is_successor_of": [
    {
      "id": 11,
      "name": "Predecessor B"
    }
  ],
  "is_successor_of_actors_count": 1,
  "is_supported_by": [
    {
      "id": 12,
      "name": "Supporter A"
    }
  ],
  "is_supported_by_actors_count": 1,
  "kill_chain": {
    "id": 13,
    "name": "Simple"
  },
  "known_as": "Tom Johnson",
  "last_activity_date": 1754955992,
  "last_modified_date": 1754955992,
  "motivations": [
    {
      "id": 14,
      "name": "FinancialGain"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Mysterious Actor",
  "notify_users": true,
  "objectives": [
    {
      "id": 15,
      "name": "IntelligenceGathering"
    }
  ],
  "origins": [
    {
      "id": 16,
      "name": "Russia"
    }
  ],
  "recent_alerting": 1754955992,
  "rich_text_description": "<p>ut sed commodo magna sed ut cillum dolor velit anim ex anim in commodo id</p>",
  "sells_threats": [
    {
      "id": 17,
      "name": "Ransomware"
    }
  ],
  "sells_threats_count": 1,
  "short_description": "Ransomware actor",
  "slug": "mysterious-actor",
  "status": "Active",
  "supports": [
    {
      "id": 18,
      "name": "Supporter C"
    }
  ],
  "supports_actors_count": 1,
  "target_countries": [
    {
      "id": 19,
      "name": "Germany"
    }
  ],
  "target_industries": [
    {
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Healthcare"
    }
  ],
  "target_regions": [
    {
      "id": 21,
      "name": "Europe"
    }
  ],
  "thumbnail": {
    "url": "http://example.com/thumbnail.png"
  },
  "url": "http://example.com/actor-profile",
  "uses_indicators_count": 5,
  "uses_mitre_attacks_count": 3,
  "uses_mitre_tactics_count": 2,
  "uses_mitre_techniques_count": 4,
  "uses_threats": [
    {
      "id": 22,
      "name": "Ransomware"
    }
  ],
  "uses_threats_count": 2,
  "uses_vulnerabilities": [
    "CVE-2020-0601",
    "CVE-2021-34527"
  ],
  "vulnerabilities_count": 2
}