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Id6cb75f65-231f-46c4-a0b3-50ff21ee6ed3
RulenameVectra AI Detect - Suspicious Behaviors by Category
DescriptionCreate an incident for each new malicious behavior detected by Vectra Detect for a specific Category.

By default, it looks through all tactics. This can be modified to create incident only for a subset of tactics.
SeverityInformational
TacticsCredentialAccess
Discovery
LateralMovement
Collection
CommandAndControl
Exfiltration
Impact
TechniquesT1003
T1087
T1021
T1119
T1071
T1041
T1499
Required data connectorsCefAma
KindScheduled
Query frequency5m
Query period5m
Trigger threshold0
Trigger operatorgt
Source Urihttps://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Vectra AI Detect/Analytic Rules/VectraDetect-Suspected-Behavior-by-Tactics.yaml
Version1.1.1
Arm template6cb75f65-231f-46c4-a0b3-50ff21ee6ed3.json
Deploy To Azure
// Edit this variable to only keep the tactics where an incident needs to be created (Defaults are: "COMMAND & CONTROL", "BOTNET ACTIVITY", "EXFILTRATION", "LATERAL MOVEMENT", "RECONNAISSANCE")   
let configured_tactics = dynamic(["COMMAND & CONTROL", "BOTNET ACTIVITY", "EXFILTRATION", "LATERAL MOVEMENT", "RECONNAISSANCE"]);
CommonSecurityLog
| where DeviceVendor == "Vectra Networks"
| where DeviceProduct == "X Series"
| where DeviceEventClassID != "campaigns" and DeviceEventClassID != "hsc" and DeviceEventClassID != "audit" and DeviceEventClassID != "health" and DeviceEventClassID != "asc" 
| extend Category = coalesce(
                          column_ifexists("DeviceEventCategory", ""), 
                          extract("cat=(.+?)(;|$)", 1, AdditionalExtensions), 
                          ""
                      )
| project-rename threat_score = FlexNumber1
| project-rename certainty_score = FlexNumber2
| project-rename triaged = DeviceCustomString5
| where triaged != "True"
| project-rename vectra_URL = DeviceCustomString4
| project-rename detection_name = DeviceEventClassID
| extend Tactic = case( Category == "COMMAND & CONTROL", "CommandAndControl",
                        Category == "BOTNET ACTIVITY" , "Impact",
                        Category == "EXFILTRATION", "Exfiltration",
                        Category == "LATERAL MOVEMENT", "LateralMovement",
                        Category == "RECONNAISSANCE", "Discovery",
                        "UNKNOWN")
| extend level = case( threat_score <  50 and certainty_score < 50, "Low",
                       threat_score < 50 and certainty_score >= 50 , "Medium", 
                       threat_score >= 50 and certainty_score <= 50, "High", 
                       threat_score >= 50 and certainty_score >= 50, "Critical",
                       "UNKNOWN")
| extend Severity = case(level == "Info", "Informational",level == "Critical", "High", level)
| extend account = extract("account=(.+?);", 1, AdditionalExtensions)
| extend upn = iff(account matches regex ":", tostring(split(account,":")[1]) ,tostring(split(account,":")[0]))
| extend name = tostring(split(upn, "@")[0])
| extend upn_suffix = tostring(split(upn, "@")[1])
| extend source_entity = case(level == "Info", "Informational",level == "Critical", "High", level)
| where Category in (configured_tactics) 
| summarize arg_max(threat_score, *) by source_entity , Activity
| sort by TimeGenerated
tactics:
- CredentialAccess
- Discovery
- LateralMovement
- Collection
- CommandAndControl
- Exfiltration
- Impact
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - CommonSecurityLog
  connectorId: CefAma
name: Vectra AI Detect - Suspicious Behaviors by Category
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDynamicProperties:
  - value: vectra_URL
    alertProperty: AlertLink
  - value: DeviceProduct
    alertProperty: ProductName
  - value: DeviceVendor
    alertProperty: ProviderName
  - value: certainty_score
    alertProperty: ConfidenceScore
  alertSeverityColumnName: Severity
  alertDisplayNameFormat: Vectra AI Detect - {{Activity}} detected
  alertDescriptionFormat: Source entity is {{source_entity}} and category is {{Category}}. Threat score is {{threat_score}}.
kind: Scheduled
queryPeriod: 5m
query: |
  // Edit this variable to only keep the tactics where an incident needs to be created (Defaults are: "COMMAND & CONTROL", "BOTNET ACTIVITY", "EXFILTRATION", "LATERAL MOVEMENT", "RECONNAISSANCE")   
  let configured_tactics = dynamic(["COMMAND & CONTROL", "BOTNET ACTIVITY", "EXFILTRATION", "LATERAL MOVEMENT", "RECONNAISSANCE"]);
  CommonSecurityLog
  | where DeviceVendor == "Vectra Networks"
  | where DeviceProduct == "X Series"
  | where DeviceEventClassID != "campaigns" and DeviceEventClassID != "hsc" and DeviceEventClassID != "audit" and DeviceEventClassID != "health" and DeviceEventClassID != "asc" 
  | extend Category = coalesce(
                            column_ifexists("DeviceEventCategory", ""), 
                            extract("cat=(.+?)(;|$)", 1, AdditionalExtensions), 
                            ""
                        )
  | project-rename threat_score = FlexNumber1
  | project-rename certainty_score = FlexNumber2
  | project-rename triaged = DeviceCustomString5
  | where triaged != "True"
  | project-rename vectra_URL = DeviceCustomString4
  | project-rename detection_name = DeviceEventClassID
  | extend Tactic = case( Category == "COMMAND & CONTROL", "CommandAndControl",
                          Category == "BOTNET ACTIVITY" , "Impact",
                          Category == "EXFILTRATION", "Exfiltration",
                          Category == "LATERAL MOVEMENT", "LateralMovement",
                          Category == "RECONNAISSANCE", "Discovery",
                          "UNKNOWN")
  | extend level = case( threat_score <  50 and certainty_score < 50, "Low",
                         threat_score < 50 and certainty_score >= 50 , "Medium", 
                         threat_score >= 50 and certainty_score <= 50, "High", 
                         threat_score >= 50 and certainty_score >= 50, "Critical",
                         "UNKNOWN")
  | extend Severity = case(level == "Info", "Informational",level == "Critical", "High", level)
  | extend account = extract("account=(.+?);", 1, AdditionalExtensions)
  | extend upn = iff(account matches regex ":", tostring(split(account,":")[1]) ,tostring(split(account,":")[0]))
  | extend name = tostring(split(upn, "@")[0])
  | extend upn_suffix = tostring(split(upn, "@")[1])
  | extend source_entity = case(level == "Info", "Informational",level == "Critical", "High", level)
  | where Category in (configured_tactics) 
  | summarize arg_max(threat_score, *) by source_entity , Activity
  | sort by TimeGenerated  
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Vectra AI Detect/Analytic Rules/VectraDetect-Suspected-Behavior-by-Tactics.yaml
triggerThreshold: 0
description: |
  'Create an incident for each new malicious behavior detected by Vectra Detect for a specific Category. 
  By default, it looks through all tactics. This can be modified to create incident only for a subset of tactics.'  
version: 1.1.1
status: Available
queryFrequency: 5m
severity: Informational
entityMappings:
- entityType: Host
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: HostName
    columnName: SourceHostName
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: name
  - identifier: UPNSuffix
    columnName: upn_suffix
triggerOperator: gt
id: 6cb75f65-231f-46c4-a0b3-50ff21ee6ed3
relevantTechniques:
- T1003
- T1087
- T1021
- T1119
- T1071
- T1041
- T1499
customDetails:
  AttackCategory: Category
  AttackType: Activity