NRT Security Event log cleared

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Id	508cef41-2cd8-4d40-a519-b04826a9085f
Rulename	NRT Security Event log cleared
Description	Checks for event id 1102 which indicates the security event log was cleared. It uses Event Source Name “Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog” to avoid generating false positives from other sources, like AD FS servers for instance.
Severity	Medium
Tactics	DefenseEvasion
Techniques	T1070
Required data connectors	SecurityEvents WindowsSecurityEvents
Kind	NRT
Source Uri	https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Windows Security Events/Analytic Rules/NRT_SecurityEventLogCleared.yaml
Version	1.0.1
Arm template	508cef41-2cd8-4d40-a519-b04826a9085f.json

KQL

SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 1102 and EventSourceName == "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog"
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), EventCount = count() by Computer, Account, EventID, Activity
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(Account, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(Account, @'\')[0])

YAML

entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: Account
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: AccountName
  - identifier: NTDomain
    columnName: AccountNTDomain
- entityType: Host
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: Computer
  - identifier: HostName
    columnName: HostName
  - identifier: DnsDomain
    columnName: HostNameDomain
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - SecurityEvent
  connectorId: SecurityEvents
- dataTypes:
  - SecurityEvent
  connectorId: WindowsSecurityEvents
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Windows Security Events/Analytic Rules/NRT_SecurityEventLogCleared.yaml
relevantTechniques:
- T1070
status: Available
version: 1.0.1
severity: Medium
kind: NRT
id: 508cef41-2cd8-4d40-a519-b04826a9085f
query: |
  SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 1102 and EventSourceName == "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog"
  | summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), EventCount = count() by Computer, Account, EventID, Activity
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(Account, @'\')[1]), AccountNTDomain = tostring(split(Account, @'\')[0])  
description: |
  'Checks for event id 1102 which indicates the security event log was cleared.
  It uses Event Source Name "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog" to avoid generating false positives from other sources, like AD FS servers for instance.'  
name: NRT Security Event log cleared
tactics:
- DefenseEvasion

ARM