Re: [cti-cybox] A new Forum Object

["Jason Keirstead" <Jason.Keirstead@ca.ibm.com>]

This seems to me like it should be an extension to the Message object, not its own object.

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Terry MacDonald ---06/16/2016 10:33:15 AM---Hi All, For the 3rd time someone recently asked me if there was a way of encoding

From: Terry MacDonald <terry.macdonald@cosive.com>
To: cti-cybox@lists.oasis-open.org
Date: 06/16/2016 10:33 AM
Subject: [cti-cybox] A new Forum Object
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Hi All,

For the 3rd time someone recently asked me if there was a way of encoding web forum posts within CybOX. My reply...well not really. That answer bothered me greatly, so with the help of AJ from EclecticIQ I put together a Forum Object.

The Forum Object is designed to record web forum and newsgroup posts, and is aimed primarily at helping people record what is being discussed on underground forums. 

I really think it is needed for CybOX 3.0 MVP personally, and a couple of friends at very large organizations have also confirmed they would find this very useful. In fact one was surprised that it wasn't there already.
1.1 Forum Object

Type Name: forum-object

Status: Draft MVP: Yes

The Forum Object represents a single Forum post. It is used to capture posts on newsgroups and web forums, primarily to enable the sharing of conversations held between threat actors on underground forums.
Properties

CybOX Object Properties
id, type
Property Name	Type	Description
type (inherited from cybox-object)	string	Indicates that this object is a CybOX Forum Object. The value of this field MUST be forum-object.
url (optional)	string	Specifies the url of the forum.
forum-name(required)	string	Specifies the name of the forum.
room-name(optional)	string	Specifies the room-name within the forum.
thread-title	string	Specifies the thread-title within the forum.
post-creator	string	Specifies the identity of the forum post creator.
post-details	string	Specifies the full details of the forum post.

Examples
Underground forum post

{
   "type": "forum-object",
   "id": "forum-object--1",
   "url": "https://www.cardz4cheap.org/cardsforsale/5332113",
   "forum-name": "Cardz4cheap",
   "room-name": "Cards for sale",
   "thread-title": "Happy Burger Cards",
   "post-creator": "DeliteD",
   "post-details": "Hey Dudes, I got 1500 cards for sale real cheap."
}

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