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CylanceOPTICS
 COM object visibility detection events

These events occur when the
CylanceOPTICS
 agent detects a potentially malicious behavior while monitoring COM interface and API calls. Note that some fields will include command line values that can include commas and colons.
BlackBerry
 recommends that you review and test the parsing of these values by your SIEM or syslog server.
Field
Value
Description
COM Interface
[varies]
This is the name of the interface associated with the detection.
COM Interface ID
[varies]
This is the unique ID of the interface associated with the detection.
COM Program
[varies]
This is the name of the program associated with the detection.
Description
[varies]
This is the name of the detection rule that was triggered.
Detection Rule Id
[varies]
This is the unique detection rule ID.
Device Id
[varies]
This is the unique ID of the device.
Device Last Reported Users
[varies]
These are the last reported device users.
Device Name
[varies]
This is the name of the device that the detection event occurred on.
Event Id
[varies]
This is the unique ID of the detection event.
Event Name
OpticsCaeComEvent
This is the name of COM object visibility detection event.
Event Received Timestamp
[varies]
This is the timestamp of when the event was received by
CylanceOPTICS
.
Event Timestamp
[varies]
This is the timestamp of the event that occurred on the device.
Event Type
OpticsCaeComEvent
This is the type of COM object visibility detection events.
Instigating Process Command Line
[varies]
This is the command line that was used to start the instigating process.
Instigating Process File Path
[varies]
This is the file path of the instigating process executable.
Instigating Process ImageFileSha256
[varies]
This is the SHA256 hash of the process that instigated the action.
Instigating Process Name
[varies]
This is the name of the process that instigated the action.
Instigating Process Owner
[varies]
This is the user who owns the process that instigated the action.
Severity
[varies]
The severity of the event:
  • High: A malicious event that requires immediate attention
  • Medium: A suspicious event that should be reviewed
  • Low: An important event that may not be malicious
  • Info: An observed event
Zone Ids
[varies]
This is a list of zone IDs that the device belonged to at the time of the event.
Zone Names
[varies]
These are the zones that the device belongs to.

Example message for log-based detection events

2023-08-23T07:28:59.588000Z sysloghost CylanceOPTICS - - [f2204973-ddee-4d97-9cac-1f45fcb0fee6] Event Type: OpticsCaeComEvent, Event Name: OpticsCaeComEvent, Device Name: DEVICE-W19, Zone Names: (Zone_3.x), Event Id: 9e5ac116-a20c-4929-9087-10fd7fdcb105, Severity: High, Description: Device - Application COM Event, Instigating Process Name: GoogleUpdate.exe, Instigating Process Owner: NT AUTHORITY//SYSTEM, Instigating Process ImageFileSha256: 63854E78780866D2AE56A58958A1FDA017A71F54B71FE70CF5403958E961862A, Event Timestamp: 2023-08-23T07:28:59.588Z, Event Received Timestamp: 2023-08-23T07:29:01Z, Device Last Reported Users: (Window Manager\DWM-1), Zone Ids: (D215191148D64DEE826768B62D64B244), Detection Rule Id: 15b11fa2-fc61-4aa3-aa04-082c488f8a86, Instigating Process Command Line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\GoogleUpdate.exe" /svc, Instigating Process File Path: c:\program files (x86)\google\update\googleupdate.exe, COM Interface ID: 2933bf81-7b36-11d2-b20e-00c04f983e60, COM Program: msxml, COM Interface: IXMLDOMDocument, Device Id: 744ac660-9704-4edb-a8d0-ae13a343f3bf