Nextron THOR Cloud

Nextron THOR Cloud is a cloud-based compromise assessment platform that runs the THOR forensic scanner on endpoints through the THOR Cloud Launcher. This integration polls the THOR Cloud API and ingests scan findings into Elastic Security for centralized threat hunting and incident response.

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The Nextron THOR Cloud integration collects one type of data:

• Thor Forwarding — Scan results and findings from the THOR Cloud API, including detected threats, malware signatures, suspicious files, and security events identified during endpoint scans.

• A THOR Cloud or THOR Cloud Lite account with API access.
• THOR Cloud Launcher deployed on at least one endpoint and at least one completed scan before data appears in Elastic.
• Scan reports must be unencrypted (logs_encrypted must be false). This integration does not ingest encrypted THOR reports.
• Scans must include thor.json in available_logs.
• Supported endpoint platforms: Windows, Linux, and macOS.

This integration has been tested with:

THOR Cloud Lite is supported when scans produce unencrypted thor.json logs through the same API.

This integration supports Elastic Managed and Elastic Agent-based data collection.

For agent-based collection, install Elastic Agent using the installation instructions.

Data flows from endpoints to Elastic as follows:

1. Endpoint — THOR Cloud Launcher runs a THOR scan on the endpoint.
2. THOR Cloud — Scan results and thor.json logs are uploaded and stored.
3. THOR Cloud API — The integration polls /v1/scan/search and /v1/scan/log for new scans.
4. Elastic Agent (CEL input) — Retrieves logs over HTTPS and ships raw events.
5. Elasticsearch data stream — The nextron_thor_apt_scanner.thor_forwarding ingest pipeline normalizes events to ECS.

The integration uses a CEL input to poll the THOR Cloud REST API. It does not require syslog or log file receivers on the Elastic Agent host.

1. Log into your THOR Cloud dashboard.
2. Deploy the THOR Cloud Launcher on at least one endpoint (Windows, Linux, or macOS).
3. Run a scan and confirm it completes successfully.
4. In the THOR Cloud dashboard, verify the scan report is not encrypted and that thor.json is listed in the scan's available logs.
5. Navigate to General Settings → API Key, click Generate, and copy the API key. You will not be able to copy it after this step.
6. Note the API Endpoint URL (default: https://thor-cloud.nextron-services.com/api).

1. In Kibana, navigate to Management → Integrations.
2. Search for Nextron THOR Cloud and add the integration.
3. Configure the required parameters:
   • API URL: THOR Cloud API endpoint URL from Step 1
   • API Key: API key from Step 1
   • Initial Interval: How far back to pull scan logs on first run (default: 24h)
   • Interval: Duration between API requests (default: 5m)
4. Save and deploy the integration.

1. In Discover, open the logs-* data view.
2. Filter documents by data_stream.dataset : "nextron_thor_apt_scanner.thor_forwarding".
3. Confirm events from your completed scan appear within the configured polling interval.
4. If no data appears, check the following:
   • The scan completed with status successful or failed in THOR Cloud.
   • logs_encrypted is false for the scan. Encrypted reports are skipped by this integration and will not produce events in Elastic.
   • thor.json is listed in available_logs for the scan.
   • The API key is valid and the Initial Interval covers the scan completion time.

Note:

• Scan data is fetched incrementally based on last_launcher_update and the configured initial interval.
• The integration supports batch processing with configurable batch sizes for optimal performance.

{
    "@timestamp": "2025-11-10T17:52:49.000Z",
    "agent": {
        "ephemeral_id": "c49e6fe5-4695-4c62-b15a-f3ed2644576e",
        "id": "ca9ab007-37d7-41f4-bd82-73d9b25415a0",
        "name": "elastic-agent-63513",
        "type": "filebeat",
        "version": "9.2.0"
    },
    "data_stream": {
        "dataset": "nextron_thor_apt_scanner.thor_forwarding",
        "namespace": "40187",
        "type": "logs"
    },
    "ecs": {
        "version": "9.4.0"
    },
    "elastic_agent": {
        "id": "ca9ab007-37d7-41f4-bd82-73d9b25415a0",
        "snapshot": false,
        "version": "9.2.0"
    },
    "event": {
        "agent_id_status": "verified",
        "category": [
            "configuration"
        ],
        "dataset": "nextron_thor_apt_scanner.thor_forwarding",
        "ingested": "2026-07-02T10:45:27Z",
        "kind": "event",
        "module": "AtJobs",
        "type": [
            "info"
        ],
        "version": "v2.0.0"
    },
    "host": {
        "name": "myhostname"
    },
    "input": {
        "type": "cel"
    },
    "log": {
        "level": "Info"
    },
    "message": "At Job detected",
    "related": {
        "hosts": [
            "myhostname"
        ]
    },
    "tags": [
        "forwarded"
    ],
    "thor": {
        "campaign_id": "2b054111-bad7-4bac-a14e-8fa8a88f1111",
        "job": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\Tasks\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Task Manager\\Interactive",
        "scan_id": "S-VavZi0stuDo"
    }
}

This integration includes one or more Kibana dashboards that visualizes the data collected by the integration. The screenshots below illustrate how the ingested data is displayed.