Architecture
A brief overview of system architecture
Components
Binalyze AIR is an on-premise or cloud-based, client-server solution that allows you to remotely perform a variety of tasks on assets such as collecting forensic evidence and performing triage with YARA, Sigma, or osquery.
1. Management Console
Management Console is a web-based application that can be viewed from any device with an up-to-date browser.
2. AIR Responders
Assets connect to the management console via a lightweight "passive" responder that can be deployed manually or via mechanisms such as SCCM.
2.1. Passive Responder Explained
As you might have already guessed from the term "passive agent", AIR agents:
DO NOT scan anything on the asset that may cause slowdowns (e.g. your Antivirus),
DO NOT block anything on the asset that may cause false positives (e.g. your DLP),
DO NOT create any alerts that may cause "alert fatigue".
3. Communication with the Binalyze Domain
| DOMAIN | CATEGORIES | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
UPDATE | This domain is used by AIR Server instances to check if there is any new version to update. | |
LICENSE | This domain is used by AIR Server instances to check the licence information | |
TIMESTAMP | This domain is used by AIR Server for RFC 3161 features which requires integration with a timestamp server. | |
UPDATE | This domain is used by AIR Server instances to update artefacts like MITRE Attack Rules , docker compose files, update scripts, offline installer packages. | |
FIS USAGE STATS FEATURE FLAGS USAGE ANALYTICS | This domain is used by AIR Server instances to
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UPDATE | This domain is a container registry for AIR Server instances to update server components like the application server images, database images, caching server images etc. | |
A note on Cloud Infrastructure
All of the web services and API backends listed above are hosted on Microsoft Azure preferably in East/West US Datacenters and protected by Cloudflare.
What data is sent or received by Binalyze domains
Domain | Data Sent To Domain | Data Received From Domain |
N/A | Version Information | |
License Key | License Status Details | |
RFC-3161 Timestamp Token | ||
N/A | Packages | |
FIS USAGE STATS: OrganizationID’s, Case Id, License Key, CaseEventType, CaseEventTime, endpoint Id, Task Id i.e.: "logId": 764149386100000, "type": "endpointTaskAddedToCaseEvent", "publishedDate": "2022-06-03T10:22:18.610Z", "data": { "caseId": "C-2022-0028", "endpointId": "2b2ea7b0-be61-445c-b735-ac1a9a39e448", "taskAssignmentId": "2b1d5b2c-72ac-4828-9a82-b3510ce9fd5a" }, "license": "LICENSE-KEY" FEATURE FLAGS: License Key USAGE ANALYTICS: Amplitude event structure | FEATURE FLAGS: Feature flag states USAGE ANALYTICS: N/A | |
N/A | Binary Packages |
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