Version: Spectra Analyze 9.2.1

YARA API

Retrieve a list of YARA rulesets on the appliance

GET /api/yara/v2/rulesets/

Retrieve a list of YARA rulesets that are on the Spectra Analyze appliance. The list can be filtered by several criteria (ruleset status, source, and owner) using optional parameters.

For every ruleset in the list, the output includes additional information such as: ruleset name, total number of matches, last matched date, and more.

If the optional type parameter is not provided in the request, the response includes only the default ruleset type (“my”, meaning the rulesets owned by the user sending the request). By default, Spectra Core rulesets are not included in the response.

Request Format

Request Parameters

NAME	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION	TYPE
type	Optional	Filter YARA rulesets on the appliance by their owner. When this parameter is provided in the request, only the rulesets matching the specified type are returned in the response. Supported values: `my` (default - currently authenticated user), `user`, `system`, `all`	query, string
status	Optional	Filter YARA rulesets on the appliance by their status. When this parameter is provided in the request, only the rulesets matching the specified status are returned in the response. Supported values: `all` (default), `error`, `active`, `disabled`, `pending`, `invalid`, `capped`	query, string
source	Optional	Filter YARA rulesets on the appliance by their source. When this parameter is provided in the request, only the rulesets matching the specified source are returned in the response. Supported values: `all` (default), `local`, `cloud`	query, string
page	Optional	Optional parameter used for pagination. When this parameter is omitted from the request, all available results are returned at once. This parameter cannot be used without `page_size`. Use `page_size` to set how many results should be on each page, and then specify which page to return with `page` in the same request. The `count` value in the response indicates the total number of results. Use this number as guidance for pagination. The values of `page size` and `page` multiplied must not exceed the `count` value. For example, if `count` is 80 and `page_size` is set to 10, it is not possible to request `page=9`.	query, string
page_size	Optional	Optional parameter that controls how many results to return per page in the response. This parameter cannot be used without `page`. When this parameter is omitted from the request, all available results are returned at once.	query, string

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X GET 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/v2/rulesets/' \
  --header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken'

cURL with pagination

# Add --insecure before the URL if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X GET 'https://a1000.example.com/api/yara/v2/rulesets/?page_size=10&page=2' \
  --header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken'

Python

import requests

# Change the values of token and hash_value
token = "exampletoken"
hash_value = "examplehash"
# Change the host name in the URL and the fields to be included in the response
url = f"https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/v2/rulesets/"

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Token {token}"
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

Response Format

Response Examples

{
  "count": <total result count number>,
  "next": "http://192.168.1.101/api/yara/rulesets/?type=<type>&status=<status>&source=<source>&page=<next page number>&page_size=<page size number>",
  "results": [{
      "status": "active",
      "suspicious_match_count": 10,
      "goodware_match_count": 1,
      "cloud_synced": False,
      "malicious_match_count": 100,
      "name": 'ruleset name",
      "owner": "user name",
      "last_matched": "2017-03-14T11:19:31.978544Z",
      "system_ruleset": False,
      "unknown_match_count": 0
  },
  ...
  ]
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK
400	Parameter not in expected range
401	Unauthorized

Retrieve the contents of a YARA ruleset

GET /api/yara/ruleset/content/?name={ruleset_name}

Retrieve the full contents of the requested ruleset in raw text/plain format. All rulesets can be retrieved, regardless of their current status on the appliance (enabled, disabled…).

Request Format

Request Parameters

NAME	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION	TYPE
name	Required	Name of the YARA ruleset to retrieve. Ruleset names are case-sensitive.	query, string

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X GET 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/content/?name=example_ruleset' \
  --header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken'

Python

import requests

# Change the values of token and hash_value
token = "exampletoken"
hash_value = "examplehash"
# Change the host name in the URL and the fields to be included in the response
url = f"https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/content/?name=example_ruleset"

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Token {token}"
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

Response Format

Response Example

{
  "code": 200,
  "detail":{
      "name":"ruleset_name"
      "content":"import \"pe\"\n\nrule TestYaraRule : malicious\n{\n    ... \n        \n}",
  }
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK
400	Missing or invalid ruleset name parameter
404	Ruleset not found

Retrieve YARA matches for specified rulesets

GET /api/yara/v2/ruleset/matches/?name={ruleset_name}

Retrieve the list of YARA matches (both local and cloud) for requested rulesets. If multiple rulesets are provided in the request, only the samples that match all requested rulesets are listed in the response.

The cloud field in the response indicates whether the match happened locally (returns “false”) or in the Spectra Intelligence cloud (returns “true”). The same sample can return different values for the cloud field, if that sample is found on the Spectra Analyze instance and in the cloud. Known issue: if the sample is not found locally but only in the cloud, the extracted_file_count and sha256 fields contain null.

If the requested rulesets don’t have any matches, an empty response is returned.

Request Format

Request Parameters

NAME	REQUIRED	DESCRIPTION	TYPE
name	Required	Name of the YARA ruleset for which to retrieve matches. At least one value must be provided in the request. Ruleset names are case-sensitive. If multiple ruleset names are provided in the request, only the samples that match all requested rulesets are listed in the response. When providing multiple ruleset names, they should be serialized as form-style query expansion (example: `/?name=ruleset1&name=ruleset2&name=...`).	query, string
page	Optional	Optional parameter used for pagination. When this parameter is omitted from the request, all available results are returned at once. This parameter cannot be used without `page_size`. Use `page_size` to set how many results should be on each page, and then specify which page to return with `page` in the same request. The `count` value in the response indicates the total number of results. Use this number as guidance for pagination. The values of `page size` and `page` multiplied must not exceed the `count` value. For example, if `count` is 80 and `page_size` is set to 10, it is not possible to request `page=9`.	query, string
page_size	Optional	Optional parameter that controls how many results to return per page in the response. This parameter cannot be used without `page`. When this parameter is omitted from the request, all available results are returned at once.	query, string

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X GET 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/v2/ruleset/matches/?name=example_ruleset' \
  --header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken'

Python

import requests

# Change the values of token and hash_value
token = "exampletoken"
hash_value = "examplehash"
# Change the host name in the URL and the fields to be included in the response
url = f"https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/v2/ruleset/matches/?name=example_ruleset"

headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Token {token}"
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

Response Format

Response Examples

{
  "count": <total result count number>,
  "next": "http://192.168.1.101/api/yara/ruleset/matches/?name=<ruleset name>&page=<next page number>&page_size=<page size number>",
  "results": [{
      "classification": 3,
      "sha1": "4e43fa0f1c715ea704102a9a4f59bfe0520419b8",
      "sha256": "250c3b6198639bead80aee27825cd9aadf774f747a392e7c30984cf78277c422",
      "created": "2017-03-14T11:19:31.978544Z",
      "file_type": "PE/Exe",
      "extracted_file_count": 60,
      "rule": "test",
      "filename": "4e43fa0f1c715ea704102a9a4f59bfe0520419b8",
      "classification_result": "Win32.Trojan.Injector",
      "downloadable": true,
      "file_size": 608768,
      "riskscore": 10,
      "cloud": false,
      "md5": "6867a9aaa3666c511163ee4fe513f038"
  },
  ...
  ]
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK
400	Missing or invalid ruleset name parameter
404	Ruleset not found

Create or update a YARA ruleset

POST /api/yara/ruleset/

Creates a new YARA ruleset if it doesn’t exist. If a ruleset with the specified name already exists, a new revision (update) of the ruleset is created. Spectra Core rulesets cannot be modified with this API.

Pass the entire ruleset as form data under content. The content type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Restrictions

YARA ruleset names on Spectra Analyze are case-sensitive and character-limited. When naming rulesets, keep the name between 3 and 48 characters. Generally, the underscore ( _ ) should be used instead of spaces, and any other special characters should be avoided. It is recommended to only use numbers (0-9) and a-z/A-Z letters in YARA ruleset names.
Rulesets larger than 1 MB (1048576 bytes) can be created and used on the appliance, but they cannot be saved and executed in the Spectra Intelligence cloud.
YARA rulesets on Spectra Analyze are not applied to files larger than 700 MB.

Request Format

Request Parameters

FIELD	REQUIRED	DATA TYPE	DESCRIPTION	PARAMETER TYPE
name	required	string	Name of the ruleset to create or update.	form
content	required	string	Content of the YARA ruleset to create or update.	form
publish	optional	string	Determines whether the ruleset should be synchronized to other appliances in the same Spectra Detect Manager cluster. Usable only with administrator tokens if the Spectra Analyze is configured to allow only users with the appropriate user roles to synchronize YARA actions. Requires YARA synchronization to be enabled on the Spectra Analyze appliance.	form
ticloud	optional	bool	Determines whether the ruleset should be synchronized with Spectra Intelligence or not. The value can be true or false; default is false. This parameter is equivalent to the Run ruleset continuously in Spectra Intelligence option in the graphical Spectra Analyze YARA editor.	form

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X POST 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/' \
--header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'name=example_ruleset' \
--data-urlencode 'content=rule example_rule {condition:false}'

Python

import requests

# Change the token
token = "exampletoken"
# Change the host name in the URL
url = "https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/"

payload='name=example_ruleset&content=rule example_rule {condition: false}'
headers = {
  'Authorization': f'Token {token}',
  'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

Response Format

Response Example

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Ruleset updated/created successfully."
  "detail": {
      "name": "ruleset_name"
  }
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK
400	Parameter not in expected range
401	“Core ruleset cannot be updated” for Spectra Core rulesets.
403	Forbidden. This response is returned when the request isn’t authenticated. Possible cause is that the publish parameter was provided, but the token doesn’t have permission.
409	Conflict. Rulesets cannot be updated while their Spectra Intelligence validation is pending, or while a Cloud Retro hunt is running.
500	Error while creating or updating ruleset. Ruleset saved successfully, but due to errors the system cannot run it.

Delete a YARA ruleset and its matches from the appliance

DELETE /api/yara/ruleset/

Delete the specified YARA ruleset and its matches from the appliance. Spectra Core rulesets cannot be deleted.

Only users with the appropriate user roles can delete rulesets created by other users.

Request Format

Request Parameters

	REQUIRED	DATA TYPE	DESCRIPTION	PARAMETER TYPE
name	required	string	Name of the ruleset to delete. Ruleset names are case-sensitive.	form
publish	optional	string	Determines whether the ruleset deletion should be synchronized to other appliances in the same Spectra Detect Manager cluster, if the appliance is configured to allow only users with the appropriate user roles to synchronize YARA actions. Requires YARA synchronization to be enabled on the appliance, as well as on the connected Spectra Detect Manager. Usable only with administrator tokens.	form

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you're using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X DELETE 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/' \
--header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'name=example_ruleset'

Python

import requests

# Change the token
token = "exampletoken"
# Change the host name in the URL
url = "https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/"

payload='name=example_ruleset'
headers = {
  'Authorization': f'Token {token}',
  'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

Response Format

Response Example

{
    "core": 200
    "message": "Ruleset deleted successfully.",
    "detail":{
        "name": "example_ruleset"
    }
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK
400	Missing or invalid ruleset name parameter
401	Unauthorized action; ruleset is a Spectra Core ruleset or was created by another user
403	Forbidden. This response is returned when the request isn’t authenticated. Possible cause is that the publish parameter was provided, but the token doesn’t have permission.
404	Ruleset not found
500	Error occurred while deleting ruleset

Enable/Disable a YARA ruleset

POST /api/yara/ruleset/{enable | disable}/

Enables a previously disabled YARA ruleset, or disables a currently enabled YARA ruleset.

Administrators can enable/disable any ruleset on the appliance via this endpoint. Regular Spectra Analyze users can only enable/disable their own rulesets.

Request Format

Request Parameters

FIELD	REQUIRED	DATA TYPE	DESCRIPTION	PARAMETER TYPE
enable/disable	required	string	Whether to enable or disable the specified ruleset.	path
name	required	string	Name of the ruleset to enable/disable. Ruleset names are case-sensitive.	form
publish	optional	string	Determines whether the ruleset action should be synchronized to other appliances in the same Spectra Detect Manager cluster. Usable only with administrator tokens if the appliance is configured to allow only users with the appropriate user roles to synchronize YARA actions. Requires YARA synchronization to be enabled on the appliance, as well as on the connected Spectra Detect Manager.	form

The URL must end with a forward slash (/).

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you're using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X POST 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/disable/' \
--header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'name=example_ruleset'

Python

import requests

# Change the token
token = "exampletoken"
# Change the host name in the URL
url = "https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ruleset/disable/"

payload = 'name=example_ruleset'
headers = {
  'Authorization': f'Token {token}',
  'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

Response Format

Response Examples

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Ruleset enabled successfully."
  "detail": {
      "name: "ruleset name"
  }
}


{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Ruleset disabled successfully."
  "detail": {
      "name": "ruleset name"
  }
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK. In case the user also provides the publish parameter, but doesn’t have permissions due to appliance configuration, this response will contain the “Publish requests with non-admin token - not published” error message.
400	Missing or malformed name parameter
401 Unauthorized	“Ruleset cannot be enabled/disabled. It is created by another user.” or “Core ruleset cannot be enabled/disabled” for Spectra Core rulesets. The first reason does not apply to administrators.
404	Ruleset with that name does not exist
500	Error occurred while enabling/disabling ruleset

Get YARA ruleset synchronization time

GET /api/yara/ticloud/time/

Provides information about the current synchronization status for Spectra Intelligence-enabled rulesets. There are no required parameters for this endpoint.

The URL must end with a forward slash (/).

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you're using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X GET 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ticloud/time/' \
--header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken'

Python

import requests

# Change the token
token = "exampletoken"
# Change the host name in the URL
url = "https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ticloud/time/"

headers = {
  'Authorization': f'Token {token}',
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Response Example

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "TiCloud matches are syncing from 2017-03-14T11:19:31.978544Z"
  "detail": {
      "time": "2017-03-14T11:19:31.978544Z"
  }
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK
403	Forbidden. This response is returned when the request isn’t authenticated.
405	YARA Spectra Intelligence synchronization is currently not enabled.

Set YARA ruleset synchronization time

POST /api/yara/ticloud/time/

Allows modifying the Spectra Intelligence synchronization time for Spectra Intelligence-enabled YARA rulesets.

The time parameter can be supplied either as a query string or in the JSON request payload. The time format should be UTC (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) or Unix epoch time as the number of seconds since 1970-01-01.

The URL must end with a forward slash (/).

Request Format

Request Parameters

FIELD	REQUIRED	DATA TYPE	DESCRIPTION	PARAMETER TYPE
time	required	string	Sets the date and time for YARA Spectra Intelligence synchronization. Format should be UTC (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) or Unix epoch time as the number of seconds since 1970-01-01	form

The time parameter should be passed in the body of the request, and its content type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Request Examples

cURL

# Add --insecure before the URL if you're using a self-signed SSL certificate
curl -X POST 'https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ticloud/time/' \
--header 'Authorization: Token exampletoken'
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --data-urlencode 'time=999999999'

Python

import requests

# Change the token
token = "exampletoken"
# Change the host name in the URL
url = "https://appliance.example.com/api/yara/ticloud/time/"

payload = 'time=2020-04-20 04:20'
headers = {
  'Authorization': f'Token {token}',
  'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}

# Add verify=False in the request if you are using a self-signed SSL certificate
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

Response Format

Response Example

{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "TiCloud matches are syncing from 2017-03-14T11:19:31.978544Z"
  "detail": {
      "time": "2017-08-10 11:53:24+00:00"
  }
}

Response Status Codes

CODE	DESCRIPTION
200	OK
404	Malformed time parameter
405	YARA Spectra Intelligence synchronization is currently not enabled.

Retrieve a list of YARA rulesets on the appliance​

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Retrieve the contents of a YARA ruleset​

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Retrieve YARA matches for specified rulesets​

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Create or update a YARA ruleset​

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Delete a YARA ruleset and its matches from the appliance​

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Enable/Disable a YARA ruleset​

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Get YARA ruleset synchronization time​

Set YARA ruleset synchronization time​

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Retrieve a list of YARA rulesets on the appliance

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Retrieve the contents of a YARA ruleset

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Retrieve YARA matches for specified rulesets

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Create or update a YARA ruleset

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Delete a YARA ruleset and its matches from the appliance

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Enable/Disable a YARA ruleset

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Get YARA ruleset synchronization time

Set YARA ruleset synchronization time

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