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Id58fc0170-0877-4ea8-a9ff-d805e361cfae
RulenameUser joining Zoom meeting from suspicious timezone
DescriptionThe alert shows users that join a Zoom meeting from a time zone other than the one the meeting was created in.

You can also whitelist known good time zones in the tz_whitelist value using the tz database name format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
SeverityLow
TacticsInitialAccess
PrivilegeEscalation
TechniquesT1078
KindScheduled
Query frequency1d
Query period14d
Trigger threshold0
Trigger operatorgt
Source Urihttps://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ZoomLogs/JoiningMeetingFromAnotherTimeZone.yaml
Version1.0.4
Arm template58fc0170-0877-4ea8-a9ff-d805e361cfae.json
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let schedule_lookback = 14d;
let join_lookback = 1d;
// If you want to whitelist specific timezones include them in a list here
let tz_whitelist = dynamic([]);
let meetings = (
ZoomLogs
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(schedule_lookback)
| where Event =~ "meeting.created"
| extend MeetingId = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).MeetingId)
| extend SchedTimezone = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).Timezone));
ZoomLogs
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(join_lookback)
| where Event =~ "meeting.participant_joined"
| extend JoinedTimeZone = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).Timezone)
| extend MeetingName = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).MeetingName)
| extend MeetingId = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).MeetingId)
| where JoinedTimeZone !in (tz_whitelist)
| join (meetings) on MeetingId
| where SchedTimezone != JoinedTimeZone
| project TimeGenerated, MeetingName, JoiningUser=payload_object_participant_user_name_s, JoinedTimeZone, SchedTimezone, MeetingScheduler=User1
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(JoiningUser, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(JoiningUser, "@")[1])
description: |
  'The alert shows users that join a Zoom meeting from a time zone other than the one the meeting was created in.
  You can also whitelist known good time zones in the tz_whitelist value using the tz database name format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones'  
kind: Scheduled
tactics:
- InitialAccess
- PrivilegeEscalation
requiredDataConnectors: []
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ZoomLogs/JoiningMeetingFromAnotherTimeZone.yaml
severity: Low
name: User joining Zoom meeting from suspicious timezone
metadata:
  support:
    tier: Community
  author:
    name: Microsoft Security Research
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Others
  source:
    kind: Community
triggerThreshold: 0
queryPeriod: 14d
query: |
  let schedule_lookback = 14d;
  let join_lookback = 1d;
  // If you want to whitelist specific timezones include them in a list here
  let tz_whitelist = dynamic([]);
  let meetings = (
  ZoomLogs
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(schedule_lookback)
  | where Event =~ "meeting.created"
  | extend MeetingId = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).MeetingId)
  | extend SchedTimezone = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).Timezone));
  ZoomLogs
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(join_lookback)
  | where Event =~ "meeting.participant_joined"
  | extend JoinedTimeZone = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).Timezone)
  | extend MeetingName = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).MeetingName)
  | extend MeetingId = tostring(parse_json(MeetingEvents).MeetingId)
  | where JoinedTimeZone !in (tz_whitelist)
  | join (meetings) on MeetingId
  | where SchedTimezone != JoinedTimeZone
  | project TimeGenerated, MeetingName, JoiningUser=payload_object_participant_user_name_s, JoinedTimeZone, SchedTimezone, MeetingScheduler=User1
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(JoiningUser, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(JoiningUser, "@")[1])  
relevantTechniques:
- T1078
id: 58fc0170-0877-4ea8-a9ff-d805e361cfae
queryFrequency: 1d
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - columnName: JoiningUser
    identifier: FullName
  - columnName: AccountName
    identifier: Name
  - columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
    identifier: UPNSuffix
triggerOperator: gt
version: 1.0.4