#!/usr/bin/env python3 """DNP3 protocol anomaly detection agent for ICS/SCADA environments. Analyzes DNP3 network traffic captures (via Zeek or pcap) to detect unauthorized control commands, protocol violations, and traffic anomalies. """ import argparse import json from collections import Counter, defaultdict from datetime import datetime DNP3_FUNCTION_CODES = { 0x01: ("READ", "normal"), 0x02: ("WRITE", "caution"), 0x03: ("SELECT", "caution"), 0x04: ("OPERATE", "critical"), 0x05: ("DIRECT_OPERATE", "critical"), 0x06: ("DIRECT_OPERATE_NR", "critical"), 0x0D: ("COLD_RESTART", "critical"), 0x0E: ("WARM_RESTART", "critical"), 0x0F: ("INITIALIZE_DATA", "critical"), 0x10: ("INITIALIZE_APPLICATION", "critical"), 0x11: ("START_APPLICATION", "critical"), 0x12: ("STOP_APPLICATION", "critical"), 0x14: ("ENABLE_UNSOLICITED", "caution"), 0x15: ("DISABLE_UNSOLICITED", "caution"), 0x18: ("RECORD_CURRENT_TIME", "normal"), 0x81: ("RESPONSE", "normal"), 0x82: ("UNSOLICITED_RESPONSE", "normal"), } AUTHORIZED_MASTERS = set() AUTHORIZED_OUTSTATIONS = set() def load_authorized_hosts(filepath): hosts = set() if filepath: with open(filepath, "r") as f: for line in f: line = line.strip() if line and not line.startswith("#"): hosts.add(line) return hosts def parse_zeek_dnp3_log(filepath): events = [] with open(filepath, "r") as f: headers = None for line in f: if line.startswith("#fields"): headers = line.strip().split("\t")[1:] continue if line.startswith("#"): continue if not headers: continue fields = line.strip().split("\t") if len(fields) >= len(headers): evt = dict(zip(headers, fields)) events.append(evt) return events def analyze_dnp3_traffic(events, authorized_masters, authorized_outstations): findings = [] fc_counter = Counter() src_dst_pairs = defaultdict(int) critical_ops = [] for evt in events: src = evt.get("id.orig_h", evt.get("src_ip", "")) dst = evt.get("id.resp_h", evt.get("dst_ip", "")) fc_str = evt.get("fc_request", evt.get("function_code", "")) try: fc = int(fc_str, 16) if fc_str.startswith("0x") else int(fc_str) except (ValueError, TypeError): fc = -1 fc_info = DNP3_FUNCTION_CODES.get(fc, ("UNKNOWN", "caution")) fc_counter[fc_info[0]] += 1 src_dst_pairs[f"{src}->{dst}"] += 1 if authorized_masters and src not in authorized_masters: findings.append({ "type": "unauthorized_master", "source": src, "destination": dst, "function_code": fc_info[0], "severity": "CRITICAL", "description": f"DNP3 command from unauthorized master {src}", }) if fc_info[1] == "critical": critical_ops.append({ "timestamp": evt.get("ts", ""), "source": src, "destination": dst, "function_code": fc_info[0], "severity": "HIGH", }) findings.append({ "type": "critical_control_command", "source": src, "destination": dst, "function_code": fc_info[0], "severity": "HIGH", "description": f"Critical DNP3 operation: {fc_info[0]}", }) return { "total_events": len(events), "function_code_distribution": dict(fc_counter), "communication_pairs": dict(src_dst_pairs), "critical_operations": critical_ops, "findings": findings, } def detect_protocol_anomalies(events): anomalies = [] burst_window = defaultdict(list) for evt in events: ts = evt.get("ts", "0") src = evt.get("id.orig_h", "") try: timestamp = float(ts) except ValueError: continue burst_window[src].append(timestamp) for src, timestamps in burst_window.items(): timestamps.sort() for i in range(len(timestamps) - 10): window = timestamps[i + 10] - timestamps[i] if window < 1.0: anomalies.append({ "type": "burst_traffic", "source": src, "events_per_second": round(10 / max(window, 0.001), 1), "severity": "HIGH", "description": f"DNP3 traffic burst from {src}: >10 events/sec", }) break return anomalies def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="DNP3 Protocol Anomaly Detector") parser.add_argument("--zeek-log", required=True, help="Zeek DNP3 log file") parser.add_argument("--authorized-masters", help="File with authorized master IPs") parser.add_argument("--authorized-outstations", help="File with authorized outstation IPs") args = parser.parse_args() masters = load_authorized_hosts(args.authorized_masters) outstations = load_authorized_hosts(args.authorized_outstations) events = parse_zeek_dnp3_log(args.zeek_log) traffic_analysis = analyze_dnp3_traffic(events, masters, outstations) anomalies = detect_protocol_anomalies(events) results = { "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z", **traffic_analysis, "protocol_anomalies": anomalies, "total_findings": len(traffic_analysis["findings"]) + len(anomalies), } print(json.dumps(results, indent=2)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()