let UsbDriveMount = DeviceEvents
| where ActionType=="UsbDriveMounted"
| extend ParsedFields=parse_json(AdditionalFields)
| project DeviceId, DeviceName, DriveLetter=ParsedFields.DriveLetter, MountTime=TimeGenerated,
ProductName=ParsedFields.ProductName,SerialNumber=ParsedFields.SerialNumber,Manufacturer=ParsedFields.Manufacturer
| order by DeviceId asc, MountTime desc;
let FileCreation = DeviceFileEvents
| where InitiatingProcessAccountName != "system"
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where FolderPath !startswith "C:\\"
| where FolderPath !startswith "\\"
| project ReportId,DeviceId,InitiatingProcessAccountDomain,
InitiatingProcessAccountName,InitiatingProcessAccountUpn,
FileName, FolderPath, SHA256, TimeGenerated, SensitivityLabel, IsAzureInfoProtectionApplied
| order by DeviceId asc, TimeGenerated desc;
FileCreation | lookup kind=inner (UsbDriveMount) on DeviceId
| where FolderPath startswith DriveLetter
| where TimeGenerated >= MountTime
| partition hint.strategy=native by ReportId ( top 1 by MountTime )
| order by DeviceId asc, TimeGenerated desc
| extend HostName = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, 0, indexof(DeviceName, '.')), DeviceName)
| extend DnsDomain = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, indexof(DeviceName, '.') + 1), "")
| extend FileHashAlgorithm = 'SHA256'
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: DeviceName
- identifier: HostName
columnName: HostName
- identifier: DnsDomain
columnName: DnsDomain
entityType: Host
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Name
columnName: FileName
- identifier: Directory
columnName: FolderPath
entityType: File
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Algorithm
columnName: FileHashAlgorithm
- identifier: Value
columnName: SHA256
entityType: FileHash
kind: Scheduled
severity: High
relevantTechniques:
- T1041
tactics:
- Exfiltration
id: 3ab04acf-e0e7-4f7c-8995-748ab4c848c2
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- DeviceEvents
- DeviceFileEvents
connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
name: Files Copied to USB Drives
queryFrequency: 1h
triggerThreshold: 0
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Analytic Rules/Exfiltration/FilesCopiedToUSBDrives.yaml
query: |
let UsbDriveMount = DeviceEvents
| where ActionType=="UsbDriveMounted"
| extend ParsedFields=parse_json(AdditionalFields)
| project DeviceId, DeviceName, DriveLetter=ParsedFields.DriveLetter, MountTime=TimeGenerated,
ProductName=ParsedFields.ProductName,SerialNumber=ParsedFields.SerialNumber,Manufacturer=ParsedFields.Manufacturer
| order by DeviceId asc, MountTime desc;
let FileCreation = DeviceFileEvents
| where InitiatingProcessAccountName != "system"
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where FolderPath !startswith "C:\\"
| where FolderPath !startswith "\\"
| project ReportId,DeviceId,InitiatingProcessAccountDomain,
InitiatingProcessAccountName,InitiatingProcessAccountUpn,
FileName, FolderPath, SHA256, TimeGenerated, SensitivityLabel, IsAzureInfoProtectionApplied
| order by DeviceId asc, TimeGenerated desc;
FileCreation | lookup kind=inner (UsbDriveMount) on DeviceId
| where FolderPath startswith DriveLetter
| where TimeGenerated >= MountTime
| partition hint.strategy=native by ReportId ( top 1 by MountTime )
| order by DeviceId asc, TimeGenerated desc
| extend HostName = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, 0, indexof(DeviceName, '.')), DeviceName)
| extend DnsDomain = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, indexof(DeviceName, '.') + 1), "")
| extend FileHashAlgorithm = 'SHA256'
queryPeriod: 1h
status: Available
triggerOperator: gt
description: |
This query lists files copied to USB external drives with USB drive information based on FileCreated events associated with most recent USBDriveMount events befor file creations. But be aware that Advanced Hunting is not monitoring all the file types.
version: 1.0.0
