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    Attack Logs

    Last updated: 2021-10-08 14:59:14
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      This guide describes how to search and analyze attack logs.

      Background

      WAF supports logging to get attack information including the attack time, attacker IP and attack type. You can query or export the data for the last 30 days, search data with full-text search, fuzzy search, and search by filter, and download data and even million of logs based on your search filters.

      Operation Guide

      1. Log in to the WAF Console. On the left sidebar, choose Log Services > Attack Logs to go to the attack log search tab.
      2. On the log search tab, select a domain name, attack type, action and attack time to view the attack log.

      Field description:

      • Domain Name: supports multiple domain names. All domain names will be displayed by default.
      • Attack Type: supports multiple attack types. All attack types will be displayed by default. Attack types involve observation and blocking logs generated by various security modules.
      • Action Type: supports Observe or Block. Default: All.
      • Risk Grade: supports Major (high-risk level), Medium (medium-risk level) or Minor (low-risk level).
      • Time Period: supports selecting a time period you want. By default, a time period of one hour is selected.
      • Auto Refresh: supports automatic refresh, which is disabled by default. If it is enabled, you can select a time period for auto refresh and obtain the latest attack log data.
      • Advanced Search (recommended):
        • By default, this feature is enabled and supports Lucene syntax for full-text search (recommended), key value search and fuzzy search.
      Note：

      It is recommended to use full-text search for searching. You only need to enter key log fields, such as IP, URL, and one of fields in a request.

      • If you disable the switch, you can use the search box provided, by simply typing in the attacker IP, RUI, UUID and request method. For more search syntaxes, see Syntax and Rules.

      1. Specify the search filters prior to clicking Search Analysis to view search results.

      2. On the left of the raw data page, click a specific statistical field to quickly check each field value as a percentage of the attack log based on your search filters.

        • Custom Field List: At the top right of the log list, click to select fields to be displayed, and then click OK. To know more about the log fields, refer to Log field description.

        • Download:

          1. At the top right of the log list, click to create a download task.

            Note：

            • You cannot create more than one download task simultaneously.
            • One download task can contain up to 1 million logs. If you need to download more, it is recommended to create a task to start after another task completes, or [contact us](https://intl.cloud.tencent.com/contact- us) for support.
            • If you select a wildcard domain name (for example, *.abc.com), log entries of all associated subdomain names such as those suffixed with .abc.com will also be downloaded.

          2. At the top of the Attack Logs page, click Download to view the downloading status.

          3. For logs in Completed status, download them locally by clicking Download. For field details, see Log field description.

      3. On the right of the raw data page, click the unfold button to display log details. To view the information in JSON format, click JSON.

      4. On the log details page, select a specific parameter value as a search filter. Multiple field combinations are also supported for searching.

      Appendix

      Log field description

      Basic Information

      Field Description
      host Domain name accessed by the client
      attack_type All attack types
      attack_category Unavailable currently
      count Number of attacks of the same type from the same attacker IP every 10 seconds
      attack_ip Attacker IP, the source IP used by the client to launch an attack
      rule_id ID of the hit protection rule. ID of the rule taken by the AI engine is 0.
      rule_name Name of the hit protection rule. Names of the rules taken by the rule engine and AI engine are left empty.
      method Request method used by the client to launch an attack
      risk_level Risk level of the attack
      attack_time Time that the attack is launched
      attack_place Attack location in the HTTP request
      action Action triggered by the attack
      uri Content of the request URI
      attack_content Content of the attack triggered by the client
      http_log Other information of the request, including the request protocol and protocol version.
      user_agent Information about the browser type and operating system used by the attacker IP
      headers Header information, including custom headers.
      UUID Unique identifier of the log

      Attacker IP Attribute

      Field Description
      ipinfo_province Province of the attacker IP
      ipinfo_state Country abbreviation of the attacker IP
      pinfo_nation Country name of the attacker IP
      ipinfo_city City of the attacker IP
      ipinfo_isp ISP of the attacker IP
      ipinfo_dimensionality Latitude of the attacker IP
      ipinfo_longitude Longitude of the attacker IP

      Log field description

      Field Description
      uuid Unique identifier of the log
      attack_time Time that the attack is launched by the client
      rule_id ID of the protection rule triggered by the attack
      count Number of attacks of the same type from the same attacker IP every 10 seconds
      status Status of the action. 0: observe; 1: block.
      domain Domain name attacked by the client
      attack_ip IP address used by the client to launch an attack
      attack_type Attack type
      args_name Attacked object in a client request, such as request parameters, URI, and IP
      attack_content Content of the attack triggered by the client
      uri URI of the attack triggered by the client
      method Method of the attack request sent by the client
      user_agent User-Agent information of the client
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