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About Takajō

Takajō (鷹匠), created by Yamato Security, is a fast forensics analyzer for Hayabusa results written in Nim. Takajō means "Falconer" in Japanese and was chosen as it analyzes Hayabusa's "catches" (results).

Companion Projects

• EnableWindowsLogSettings - documentation and scripts to properly enable Windows event logs.
• Hayabusa - sigma-based threat hunting and fast forensics timeline generator for Windows event logs.
• Hayabusa Rules - detection rules for hayabusa.
• Hayabusa Sample EVTXs - sample evtx files to use for testing hayabusa/sigma detection rules.
• WELA (Windows Event Log Analyzer) - analyzer for Windows event logs written in PowerShell.

Table of Contents

• Companion Projects
  • Table of Contents
  • Features
• Downloads
  • Git cloning
  • Advanced: Compiling From Source (Optional)
• Command List
  • Automation Commands
  • Extract Commands
  • HTML Commands
  • List Commands
  • Split Commands
  • Stack Commands
  • Sysmon Commands
  • Timeline Commands
  • TTP Commands
  • VirusTotal Commands
• Command Usage
  • Automation Commands
    • automagic command
      • automagic command examples
  • Extract Commands
    • extract-scriptblocks command
      • extract-scriptblocks command example
      • extract-scriptblocks screenshot
  • HTML Commands
    • html-report command
      • html-report command example
      • html-report screenshots
        • Rule Summary
        • Computer Summary
        • Rule List
    • html-server command
      • html-report command example
      • html-server screenshots
        • Rules List
        • Computer Summary
        • Rule Filtering
        • Rule Filtering
  • List Commands
    • list-domains command
      • list-domains command examples
    • list-hashes command
      • list-hashes command examples
    • list-ip-addresses command
      • list-ip-addresses command examples
    • list-undetected-evtx command
      • list-undetected-evtx command examples
    • list-unused-rules command
      • list-unused-rules command examples
  • Split Commands
    • split-csv-timeline command
      • split-csv-timeline command examples
    • split-json-timeline command
      • split-json-timeline command examples
  • Stack Commands
    • stack-cmdlines command
      • stack-cmdlines command examples
    • stack-computers command
      • stack-computers command examples
    • stack-dns command
      • stack-dns command examples
    • stack-ip-addresses command
      • stack-ip-addresses command examples
    • stack-logons command
      • stack-logons command examples
    • stack-processes command
      • stack-processes command examples
    • stack-services command
      • stack-services command examples
    • stack-tasks command
      • stack-tasks command examples
    • stack-users command
      • stack-users command examples
  • Sysmon Commands
    • sysmon-process-tree command
      • sysmon-process-tree command examples
      • sysmon-process-tree screenshot
  • Timeline Commands
    • timeline-logon command
      • timeline-logon command examples
      • timeline-logon screenshot
    • timeline-partition-diagnostic command
      • timeline-partition-diagnostic command examples
    • timeline-suspicious-processes command
      • timeline-suspicious-processes command examples
      • timeline-suspicious-processes screenshot
    • timeline-tasks command
      • timeline-tasks command examples
  • TTP Commands
    • ttp-summary command
      • ttp-summary command examples
      • ttp-summary screenshot
    • ttp-visualize command
      • ttp-visualize command examples
      • ttp-visualize screenshot
    • ttp-visualize-sigma command
      • ttp-visualize-sigma command examples
  • VirusTotal Commands
    • vt-domain-lookup command
      • vt-domain-lookup command examples
    • vt-hash-lookup command
      • vt-hash-lookup command examples
    • vt-ip-lookup command
      • vt-ip-lookup command examples
  • Contribution
  • Bug Submission
  • License
  • Twitter

Features

• Written in Nim so it is very easy to program, memory safe, as fast as native C code and works as a single standalone binary on any OS.
• Print the process trees of a malicious processes.
• Split up CSV and JSONL timelines.
• Extracting IP addresses, domains, hashes etc... to be used with VirusTotal lookups
• VirusTotal lookups of domains, hashes and IP addresses.
• List up .evtx files that cannot be detected yet.
• Visualize TTPs with heatmaps in MITRE ATT&CK Navigator.
• Stacking command lines, DNS requests, logons, processes, services, tasks, etc...
• Timelines for logons, USB usage, suspicious processes, tasks, etc...
• HTML summary reports
• Many more!

Downloads

Please download the latest stable version of Takajo with compiled binaries or compile the source code from the Releases page.

Note: we provide release binaries for 64-bit Windows and Intel and Arm-based macOS but not Linux because it is difficult to provide MUSL binaries for Linux at the moment.

Git cloning

You can git clone the repository with the following command and compile binary from source code:

Warning: The main branch of the repository is for development purposes so you may be able to access new features not yet officially released, however, there may be bugs so consider it unstable.

git clone https://github.com/Yamato-Security/takajo.git

Advanced: Compiling From Source (Optional)

First, install Nim with choosenim. Then you can compile from source with the following command:

> nimble update
> nimble build -d:release --threads:on

Command List

Automation Commands

• automagic: automatically executes as many commands as possible and output results to a new folder

Extract Commands

• extract-scriptblocks: extract and reassemble PowerShell EID 4104 script block logs

HTML Commands

• html-report: create static HTML summary reports
• html-server: create a dynamic web server to view HTML summary reports

List Commands

• list-domains: create a list of unique domains to be used with vt-domain-lookup
• list-hashes: create a list of process hashes to be used with vt-hash-lookup
• list-ip-addresses: create a list of unique target and/or source IP addresses to be used with vt-ip-lookup
• list-undetected-evtx: create a list of undetected evtx files
• list-unused-rules: create a list of unused detection rules

Split Commands

• split-csv-timeline: split up a large CSV timeline into smaller ones based on the computer name
• split-json-timeline: split up a large JSONL timeline into smaller ones based on the computer name

Stack Commands

• stack-cmdlines: stack executed command lines
• stack-computers: stack computers
• stack-dns: stack DNS queries and responses
• stack-ip-addresses: stack target IP addresses (TgtIP field) or source IP addresses (SrcIP field)
• stack-logons: stack logons by target user, target computer, source IP address and source computer
• stack-processes: stack executed processes
• stack-services: stack service names and paths from System 7040 and Security 4697 events
• stack-tasks: stack new scheduled tasks from Security 4698 events and parse out XML task content
• stack-users: stack target users (TgtUser field) or source users (SrcUser field)

Sysmon Commands

• sysmon-process-tree: output the process tree of a certain process

Timeline Commands

• timeline-logon: create a CSV timeline of logon events
• timeline-partition-diagnostic: create a CSV timeline of partition diagnostic events
• timeline-suspicious-processes: create a CSV timeline of suspicious processes
• timeline-tasks: create a CSV timeline of scheduled tasks

TTP Commands

• ttp-summary: summarize tactics and techniques found in each computer
• ttp-visualize: extract TTPs and create a JSON file to visualize in MITRE ATT&CK Navigator
• ttp-visualize-sigma: extract TTPs from Sigma rules and create a JSON file to visualize in MITRE ATT&CK Navigator

VirusTotal Commands

• vt-domain-lookup: look up a list of domains on VirusTotal and report on malicious ones
• vt-hash-lookup: look up a list of hashes on VirusTotal and report on malicious ones
• vt-ip-lookup: look up a list of IP addresses on VirusTotal and report on malicious ones

Command Usage

Automation Commands

automagic command

Automatically executes as many commands as possible and output results to a new folder

Note: You should use the verbose or super-verbose profile to utilize all commands.

• Input: JSONL file or directory of JSONL files
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: A new folder with all of the results in different files

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory.

Options:

• -d, --displayTable: display the results table (default: false)
• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: low)
• -o, --output: output directory (default: case-1)
• -q, --quiet: do not display the launch banner (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

automagic command examples

Prepare the JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p verbose

Run as many Takajo commands as possible and save results under the case-1 folder:

takajo.exe automagic -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o case-1

Run as many Takajo commands as possible on the hayabusa-results directory and save results under the case-1 folder:

takajo.exe automagic -t ../hayabusa/hayabusa-results/ -o case-1

Extract Commands

extract-scriptblocks command

Extracts and reassemles PowerShell EID 4104 script block logs.

Note: The PowerShell scripts are best opened as .ps1 files with code syntax highlighting but we use the .txt extension in order to prevent any accidental running of malicious code.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any
• Output: Terminal and directory of PowerShell Scripts

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: low)
• -o, --output: output directory (default: scriptblock-logs)
• -q, --quiet: do not display the launch banner (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

extract-scriptblocks command example

Prepare the JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Extract PowerShell EID 4104 script block logs to the scriptblock-logs directory:

takajo.exe extract-scriptblocks -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

extract-scriptblocks screenshot

HTML Commands

html-report command

Create HTML summary reports for rules and computers with detections. This command first creates an indexed SQLite database file in order to perform fast lookups on the data needed to create the summary reports.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any verbose profile
• Output: Individual HTML summary reports based on computer name as well as an index.html main page

Required options:

• -o, --output: html report directory name
• -r, --rulepath: path to the Hayabusa rules directory
• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory

Options:

• -C, --clobber: overwrite the SQLite file when saving (default: false)
• -q, --quiet: do not display the launch banner (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)
• -s, --sqliteoutput: save results to a SQLite database (default: html-report.sqlite)

html-report command example

Prepare the JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p verbose

or

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p super-verbose

Create the HTML summary reports:

takajo.exe html-report -t ../hayabusa/hayabusa-results.jsonl -o htmlreport -r ../hayabusa/rules

html-report screenshots

Rule Summary

Computer Summary

Rule List

html-server command

Create a dynamic web server to view HTML summary reports. This command first creates an indexed SQLite database file in order to perform fast lookups on the data needed to create the summary reports. It is similar to the html-report command but is more scalable and allows for filtering on dates and rules.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any verbose profile
• Output: By default, will listen on http://localhost:8823

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory

Options:

• -C, --clobber: overwrite the SQLite file when saving (default: false)
• -p, --port: web server port number
• -q, --quiet: do not display the launch banner (default: false)
• -r, --rulepath: path to the Hayabusa rules directory (this is optional but needed to create correct links to the rule files)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)
• -s, --sqliteoutput: save results to a SQLite database (default: html-report.sqlite)

html-report command example

Prepare the JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p verbose

or

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p super-verbose

Start the web server:

takajo.exe html-server -t ../hayabusa/hayabusa-results.jsonl -r ../hayabusa/rules

html-server screenshots

Rules List

Computer Summary

Rule Filtering

Rule Filtering

List Commands

list-domains command

Creates a list of unique domains to be used with vt-domain-lookup. Currently it will only check queried domains in Sysmon EID 22 logs but will be updated to support built-in Windows DNS Client and Server logs.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Text file

Required options:

• -o, --output <TXT-FILE>: save results to a text file.
• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory.

Options:

• -s, --includeSubdomains: include subdomains (default: false)
• -w, --includeWorkstations: include local workstation names (default: false)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

list-domains command examples

Prepare the JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Save the results to a text file:

takajo.exe list-domains -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o domains.txt

Include subdomains:

takajo.exe list-domains -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o domains.txt -s

list-hashes command

Create a list of process hashes to be used with vt-hash-lookup (input: JSONL, profile: standard)

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Text file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files
• -o, --output <BASE-NAME>: specify the base name to save the text results to.

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum level. (default: high)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

list-hashes command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Save the results to a different text file for each hash type:

takajo.exe list-hashes -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o case-1

For example, if MD5, SHA1 and IMPHASH hashes are stored in the sysmon logs, then the following files will be created: case-1-MD5-hashes.txt, case-1-SHA1-hashes.txt, case-1-ImportHashes.txt

list-ip-addresses command

Creates a list of unique target and/or source IP addresses to be used with vt-ip-lookup. It will extract the TgtIP fields for target IP addresses and SrcIP fields for source IP addresses in all results and output just the unique IP addresses to a text file.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Text file

Required options:

• -o, --output <TXT-FILE>: save results to a text file.
• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory.

Options:

• -i, --inbound: include inbound traffic. (default: true)
• -O, --outbound: include outbound traffic. (default: true)
• -p, --privateIp: include private IP addresses (default: false)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: "do not display the progress bar (default: false)

list-ip-addresses command examples

Prepare the JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Save the results to a text file:

takajo.exe list-ip-addresses -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o ipAddresses.txt

Exclude inbound traffic:

takajo.exe list-ip-addresses -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o ipAddresses.txt -i=false

Include private IP addresses:

takajo.exe list-ip-addresses -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o ipAddresses.txt -p

list-undetected-evtx command

List up all of the .evtx files that Hayabusa didn't have a detection rule for. This is meant to be used on sample evtx files that all contain evidence of malicious activity such as the sample evtx files in the hayabusa-sample-evtx repository.

• Input: CSV
• Profile: verbose, all-field-info-verbose, super-verbose, timesketch-verbose

  You first need to run Hayabusa with a profile that saves the %EvtxFile% column information and save the results to a CSV timeline. You can see which columns Hayabusa saves according to the different profiles here.

• Output: Terminal or text file

Required options:

• -e, --evtx-dir <EVTX-DIR>: The directory of .evtx files you scanned with Hayabusa.
• -t, --timeline <CSV-FILE>: Hayabusa CSV timeline.

Options:

• -c, --column-name <CUSTOM-EVTX-COLUMN>: specify a custom column name for the evtx column. (default: Hayabusa's default of EvtxFile)
• -o, --output <TXT-FILE>: save the results to a text file. (default: output to screen)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

list-undetected-evtx command examples

Prepare the CSV timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe -d <EVTX-DIR> -p verbose -o timeline.csv -w

Output the results to screen:

takajo.exe list-undetected-evtx -t ../hayabusa/timeline.csv -e <EVTX-DIR>

Save the results to a text file:

takajo.exe list-undetected-evtx -t ../hayabusa/timeline.csv -e <EVTX-DIR> -o undetected-evtx.txt

list-unused-rules command

List up all of the .yml detection rules that did not detect anything. This is useful to help determine the reliablity of rules. That is, which rules are known to find malicious activity and which are still untested and need sample .evtx files.

• Input: CSV
• Profile: verbose, all-field-info-verbose, super-verbose, timesketch-verbose

  You first need to run Hayabusa with a profile that saves the %RuleFile% column information and save the results to a CSV timeline. You can see which columns Hayabusa saves according to the different profiles here.

• Output: Termianl or text file

Required options:

• -r, --rules-dir <DIR>: the directory of .yml rules files you used with Hayabusa.
• -t, --timeline <CSV-FILE>: CSV timeline created by Hayabusa.

Options:

• -c, --column-name <CUSTOM-RULE-FILE-COLUMN>: specify a custom column name for the rule file column. (default: Hayabusa's default of RuleFile)
• -o, --output <TXT-FILE>: save the results to a text file. (default: output to screen)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

list-unused-rules command examples

Prepare the CSV timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe csv-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -p verbose -o timeline.csv -w

Output the results to screen:

takajo.exe list-unused-rules -t ../hayabusa/timeline.csv -r ../hayabusa/rules

Save the results to a text file:

takajo.exe list-unused-rules -t ../hayabusa/timeline.csv -r ../hayabusa/rules -o unused-rules.txt

Split Commands

split-csv-timeline command

Split up a large CSV timeline into smaller ones based on the computer name.

• Input: Non-multiline CSV
• Profile: Any
• Output: Multiple CSV files

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <CSV-FILE>: CSV timeline created by Hayabusa.

Options:

• -m, --makeMultiline: output fields in multiple lines. (default: false)
• -o, --output <DIR>: directory to save the CSV files to. (default: output)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

split-csv-timeline command examples

Prepare the CSV timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe csv-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -o timeline.csv -w

Split the single CSV timeline into multiple CSV timelines in the default output directory:

takajo.exe split-csv-timeline -t ../hayabusa/timeline.csv

Separate field information with newline characters to make multi-line entries and save to the case-1-csv directory:

takajo.exe split-csv-timeline -t ../hayabusa/timeline.csv -m -o case-1-csv

split-json-timeline command

Split up a large JSONL timeline into smaller ones based on the computer name.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any
• Output: Multiple JSONL files

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory.

Options:

• -o, --output <DIR>: directory to save the JSONL files to. (default: output)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

split-json-timeline command examples

Prepare the JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Split the single JSONL timeline into multiple JSONL timelines in the default output directory:

takajo.exe split-json-timeline -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to the case-1-jsonl directory:

takajo.exe split-json-timeline -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o case-1-jsonl

Stack Commands

stack-cmdlines command

This command will stack executed command lines by extracting information from Sysmon 1 and Security 4688 events.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: informational)
• -y, --ignoreSysmon: exclude Sysmon 1 events (default: false)
• -e, --ignoreSecurity: exclude Security 4688 events (default: false)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-cmdlines command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-cmdlines -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-cmdlines -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-cmdlines.csv

stack-computers command

This command will stack computer hostnames according to the Computer field.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: informational)
• -c, --sourceComputers: stack source computers instead of target computers (default: false)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-computers command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-computers -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-computers -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-computers.csv

stack-dns command

This command will stack DNS queries and responses from Sysmon 22 events.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: informational)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-dns command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-dns -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-dns -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-dns.csv

stack-ip-addresses command

This command will stack the target IP addresses (TgtIP field) or source IP addresses (SrcIP field).

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: informational)
• -a, --targetIpAddresses: stack target IP addresses instead of source IP addresses (default: false)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-ip-addresses command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-ip-addresses -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-ip-addresses -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-ip-addresses.csv

stack-logons command

Creates a list logons according to Target User, Target Computer, Logon Type, Source IP Address, Source Computer. Results are filtered out when the source IP address is a local IP address by default.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --localSrcIpAddresses: include results when the source IP address is local.
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-logons command examples

Run with default settings:

takajo.exe stack-logons -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Include local logons:

takajo.exe stack-logons -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -l

stack-processes command

This command will stack executed processes from Sysmon 1 and Security 4688 events.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: low)
• -y, --ignoreSysmon: exclude Sysmon 1 events (default: false)
• -e, --ignoreSecurity: exclude Security 4688 events (default: false)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-processes command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-processes -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-processes -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-processes.csv

stack-services command

This command will stack service names and paths from System 7040 and Security 4697 events.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: informational)
• -y, --ignoreSystem: exclude System 7040 events (default: false)
• -e, --ignoreSecurity: exclude Security 4697 events (default: false)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-services command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-services -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-services -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-services.csv

stack-tasks command

This command will stack new scheduled tasks from Security 4698 events and parse out the XML task content.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: informational)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-tasks command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-tasks -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-tasks -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-tasks.csv

stack-users command

This command will stack the target users (TgtUser field (default)) or source users (SrcUser field) in any event that has those fields as well as show alert information.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -s, --sourceUsers: stack source users instead of target users (default: false)
• -c, --filterComputerAccounts: filter out computer accounts (default: true)
• -f, --filterSystemAccounts: filter out system accounts (default: true)
• -l, --level: specify the minimum alert level (default: informational)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)
• -s, --skipProgressBar: do not display the progress bar (default: false)

stack-users command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe stack-users -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe stack-users -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o stack-users.csv

Sysmon Commands

sysmon-process-tree command

Output the process tree of a certain process, such as a suspicious or malicious process.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or text file

Required options:

• -p, --processGuid <Process GUID>: sysmon process GUID
• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -o, --output <TXT-FILE>: a text file to save the results to.
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

sysmon-process-tree command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Save the results to a text file:

takajo.exe sysmon-process-tree -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -p "365ABB72-3D4A-5CEB-0000-0010FA93FD00" -o process-tree.txt

sysmon-process-tree screenshot

Timeline Commands

timeline-logon command

This command extracts information from the following logon events, normalizes the fields and saves the results to a CSV file:

• 4624 - Successful Logon
• 4625 - Failed Logon
• 4634 - Account Logoff
• 4647 - User Initiated Logoff
• 4648 - Explicit Logon
• 4672 - Admin Logon

This makes it easier to detect lateral movement, password guessing/spraying, privilege escalation, etc...

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: CSV

Required options:

• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to.
• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -c, --calculateElapsedTime: calculate the elapsed time for successful logons. (default: true)
• -l, --outputLogoffEvents: output logoff events as separate entries. (default: false)
• -a, --outputAdminLogonEvents: output admin logon events as separate entries. (default: false)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

timeline-logon command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Save logon timeline to a CSV file:

takajo.exe timeline-logon -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o logon-timeline.csv

timeline-logon screenshot

timeline-partition-diagnostic command

Creates a CSV timeline of partition diagnostic events by parsing Windows 10 Microsoft-Windows-Partition%4Diagnostic.evtx files and reporting information about all the connected devices and their Volume Serial Numbers, both currently present on the device and previously existed. This process is based on the tool Partition-4DiagnosticParser.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any
• Output: Terminal or CSV

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to.
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

timeline-partition-diagnostic command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Create a CSV timeline of connected devices:

takajo.exe timeline-partition-diagnostic -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o partition-diagnostic-timeline.csv

timeline-suspicious-processes command

Create a CSV timeline of suspicious processes.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -l, --level <LEVEL>: specify the minimum alert level (default: high)
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to (default: stdout)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

timeline-suspicious-processes command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w

Search for processes that had an alert level of high or above and output results to screen:

takajo.exe timeline-suspicious-processes -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Search for processes that had an alert level of low or above and output results to screen:

takajo.exe timeline-suspicious-processes -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -l low

Save the results to a CSV file:

takajo.exe timeline-suspicious-processes -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o suspicous-processes.csv

timeline-suspicious-processes screenshot

timeline-tasks command

This command will stack new scheduled tasks from Security 4698 events and parse out the XML task content.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: Terminal or CSV file

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to.
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

timeline-tasks command examples

Output to terminal:

takajo.exe timeline-tasks -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save to CSV:

takajo.exe timeline-tasks -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o timeline-tasks.csv

TTP Commands

ttp-summary command

This command summarize tactics and techniques found in each computer according to the MITRE ATT&CK TTPs defined in the tags field of the sigma rules.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: A profile that outputs %MitreTactics% and %MitreTags% fields. (Ex: verbose, all-field-info-verbose, super-verbose)
• Output: Terminal or CSV

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: the CSV file to save the results to.
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

ttp-summary command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p verbose

Print TTP summary to terminal:

takajo.exe ttp-summary -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Save the results to a CSV file:

takajo.exe ttp-summary -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl -o ttp-summary.csv

ttp-summary screenshot

ttp-visualize command

This command extracts TTPs and create a JSON file to visualize in MITRE ATT&CK Navigator.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: A profile that outputs %MitreTactics% and %MitreTags% fields. (Ex: verbose, all-field-info-verbose, super-verbose)
• Output: Terminal or CSV

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -o, --output <JSON-FILE>: the JSON file to save the results to. (default: mitre-ttp-heatmap.json)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

ttp-visualize command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p verbose

Extract out the TTPs and save to mitre-ttp-heatmap.json:

takajo.exe ttp-visualize -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

Open https://mitre-attack.github.io/attack-navigator/, click Open Existing Layer and upload the saved JSON file.

ttp-visualize screenshot

ttp-visualize-sigma command

This command extracts TTPs from Sigma and create a JSON file to visualize in MITRE ATT&CK Navigator.

• Input: JSONL
• Profile: A profile that outputs %MitreTactics% and %MitreTags% fields. (Ex: verbose, all-field-info-verbose, super-verbose)
• Output: Terminal or CSV

Required options:

• -t, --timeline <JSONL-FILE-OR-DIR>: Hayabusa JSONL timeline file or directory of JSONL files

Options:

• -o, --output <JSON-FILE>: the JSON file to save the results to. (default: sigma-rules-heatmap.json)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

ttp-visualize-sigma command examples

Prepare JSONL timeline with Hayabusa:

hayabusa.exe json-timeline -d <EVTX-DIR> -L -o timeline.jsonl -w -p verbose

Extract out the TTPs from Sigma and save to sigma-rules-heatmap.json:

takajo.exe ttp-visualize-sigma -t ../hayabusa/timeline.jsonl

VirusTotal Commands

vt-domain-lookup command

Look up a list of domains on VirusTotal

• Input: Text file
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: CSV

Required options:

• -a, --apiKey <API-KEY>: your VirusTotal API key.
• -d, --domainList <TXT-FILE>: a text file list of domains.
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: save the results to a CSV file.

Options:

• -j, --jsonOutput <JSON-FILE>: output all of the JSON responses from VirusTotal to a JSON file.
• -r, --rateLimit <NUMBER>: the rate per minute to send requests. (default: 4)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

vt-domain-lookup command examples

First create a list of domains with the list-domains command. Then lookup those domains with the following:

takajo.exe vt-domain-lookup -a <API-KEY> -d domains.txt -o vt-domain-lookup.csv -r 1000 -j vt-domain-lookup.json

vt-hash-lookup command

Look up a list of hashes on VirusTotal.

• Input: Text file
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: CSV

Required options:

• -a, --apiKey <API-KEY>: your VirusTotal API key.
• -H, --hashList <HASH-LIST>: a text file of hashes.
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: save the results to a CSV file.

Options:

• -j, --jsonOutput <JSON-FILE>: output all of the JSON responses from VirusTotal to a JSON file.
• -r, --rateLimit <NUMBER>: the rate per minute to send requests. (default: 4)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

vt-hash-lookup command examples

takajo.exe vt-hash-lookup -a <API-KEY> -H MD5-hashes.txt -o vt-hash-lookup.csv -r 1000 -j vt-hash-lookup.json

vt-ip-lookup command

Look up a list of IP addresses on VirusTotal.

• Input: Text file
• Profile: Any besides all-field-info and all-field-info-verbose
• Output: CSV

Required options:

• -a, --apiKey <API-KEY>: your VirusTotal API key.
• -i, --ipList <IP-ADDRESS-LIST>: a text file of IP addresses.
• -o, --output <CSV-FILE>: save the results to a CSV file.

Options:

• -j, --jsonOutput <JSON-FILE>: output all of the JSON responses from VirusTotal to a JSON file.
• -r, --rateLimit <NUMBER>: the rate per minute to send requests. (default: 4)
• -q, --quiet: do not display logo. (default: false)

vt-ip-lookup command examples

takajo.exe vt-ip-lookup -a <API-KEY> -i ipAddresses.txt -o vt-ip-lookup.csv -r 1000 -j vt-ip-lookup.json

Contribution

We would love any form of contribution. Pull requests, rule creation and sample evtx logs are the best but feature requests, notifying us of bugs, etc... are also very welcome.

At the least, if you like our tool then please give us a star on Github and show your support!

Bug Submission

Please submit any bugs you find here. This project is currently actively maintained and we are happy to fix any bugs reported.

If you find any issues (false positives, bugs, etc...) with Hayabusa, please report them to the hayabusa github issues page here.

If you find any issues (false positives, bugs, etc...) with Hayabusa rules, please report them to the hayabusa-rules github issues page here.

If you find any issues (false positives, bugs, etc...) with Sigma rules, please report them to the upstream SigmaHQ github issues page here.

License

Takajō is released under the AGPLv3 license.

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