Enhancing Threat Detection with AI-Powered Security Analytics

To enhance threat detection with AI-powered security analytics in Cursor IDE, implement the following rule to flag unsafe code, secrets, and insecure configurations:

# Title: Enhancing Threat Detection with AI-Powered Security Analytics
# Description: Utilizing artificial intelligence to improve the detection and response to cybersecurity threats.
# Category: Security
# Category Context: Flags unsafe code, secrets, and insecure configurations.

rules:
  - id: insecure-code-detection
    message: "Potentially unsafe code detected. Review for security vulnerabilities."
    severity: high
    patterns:
      - pattern: "eval\\(.*\\)"
        description: "Use of eval() can lead to code injection vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "exec\\(.*\\)"
        description: "Use of exec() can lead to code injection vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "system\\(.*\\)"
        description: "Use of system() can lead to command injection vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "subprocess\\.Popen\\(.*\\)"
        description: "Use of subprocess.Popen() can lead to command injection vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "os\\.system\\(.*\\)"
        description: "Use of os.system() can lead to command injection vulnerabilities."

  - id: hardcoded-secrets
    message: "Hardcoded secret detected. Consider using environment variables or secure vaults."
    severity: critical
    patterns:
      - pattern: "API_KEY\\s*=\\s*['\"].+['\"]"
        description: "Hardcoded API keys should be avoided."
      - pattern: "SECRET_KEY\\s*=\\s*['\"].+['\"]"
        description: "Hardcoded secret keys should be avoided."
      - pattern: "PASSWORD\\s*=\\s*['\"].+['\"]"
        description: "Hardcoded passwords should be avoided."

  - id: insecure-configurations
    message: "Insecure configuration detected. Review and update to secure settings."
    severity: medium
    patterns:
      - pattern: "DEBUG\\s*=\\s*True"
        description: "DEBUG mode should be disabled in production environments."
      - pattern: "ALLOWED_HOSTS\\s*=\\s*\\[\\s*['\"]\\*['\"]\\s*\\]"
        description: "Allowing all hosts can expose the application to security risks."
      - pattern: "CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL\\s*=\\s*True"
        description: "Allowing all CORS origins can expose the application to security risks."

  - id: outdated-dependencies
    message: "Outdated dependency detected. Consider updating to the latest secure version."
    severity: high
    patterns:
      - pattern: "django==1\\..*"
        description: "Django 1.x is outdated and may have security vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "flask==0\\..*"
        description: "Flask 0.x is outdated and may have security vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "requests==2\\.1[0-9]\\..*"
        description: "Requests 2.10.x is outdated and may have security vulnerabilities."

  - id: missing-security-headers
    message: "Missing security headers detected. Consider adding appropriate headers."
    severity: medium
    patterns:
      - pattern: "X-Frame-Options"
        description: "X-Frame-Options header is missing, which can lead to clickjacking attacks."
      - pattern: "Content-Security-Policy"
        description: "Content-Security-Policy header is missing, which can lead to XSS attacks."
      - pattern: "Strict-Transport-Security"
        description: "Strict-Transport-Security header is missing, which can lead to man-in-the-middle attacks."

  - id: weak-cryptography
    message: "Weak cryptographic algorithm detected. Consider using stronger algorithms."
    severity: critical
    patterns:
      - pattern: "MD5"
        description: "MD5 is a weak hash function and should not be used for security purposes."
      - pattern: "SHA1"
        description: "SHA1 is a weak hash function and should not be used for security purposes."
      - pattern: "DES"
        description: "DES is a weak encryption algorithm and should not be used for security purposes."

  - id: insecure-file-permissions
    message: "Insecure file permission setting detected. Review and update to secure settings."
    severity: high
    patterns:
      - pattern: "chmod\\(.*666.*\\)"
        description: "Setting file permissions to 666 allows read and write access to all users, which is insecure."
      - pattern: "chmod\\(.*777.*\\)"
        description: "Setting file permissions to 777 allows read, write, and execute access to all users, which is insecure."

  - id: unvalidated-input
    message: "Unvalidated input detected. Ensure proper input validation to prevent security vulnerabilities."
    severity: critical
    patterns:
      - pattern: "input\\(.*\\)"
        description: "User input should be validated to prevent security vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "request\\.GET\\[.*\\]"
        description: "GET parameters should be validated to prevent security vulnerabilities."
      - pattern: "request\\.POST\\[.*\\]"
        description: "POST parameters should be validated to prevent security vulnerabilities."

  - id: insecure-deserialization
    message: "Insecure deserialization detected. Review and update to secure deserialization methods."
    severity: critical
    patterns:
      - pattern: "pickle\\.load\\(.*\\)"
        description: "Untrusted data should not be deserialized using pickle.load() due to security risks."
      - pattern: "pickle\\.loads\\(.*\\)"
        description: "Untrusted data should not be deserialized using pickle.loads() due to security risks."

  - id: missing-authentication
    message: "Missing authentication detected. Ensure proper authentication mechanisms are in place."
    severity: critical
    patterns:
      - pattern: "def\\s+.*\\(.*\\):\\n\\s+.*#\\s*TODO:.*authentication.*"
        description: "Function lacks authentication implementation. Ensure proper authentication is added."

  - id: missing-authorization
    message: "Missing authorization detected. Ensure proper authorization mechanisms are in place."
    severity: critical
    patterns:
      - pattern: "def\\s+.*\\(.*\\):\\n\\s+.*#\\s*TODO:.*authorization.*"
        description: "Function lacks authorization implementation. Ensure proper authorization is added."
This rule configuration leverages AI-powered security analytics to detect and flag unsafe code, hardcoded secrets, insecure configurations, outdated dependencies, missing security headers, weak cryptographic algorithms, insecure file permissions, unvalidated input, insecure deserialization, and missing authentication or authorization mechanisms.