DEV-0270 New User Creation

(union isfuzzy=true
(SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 4688
| where CommandLine has_all ('net user', '/add') 
| parse CommandLine with * "user " username " "*
| extend password = extract(@"\buser\s+[^\s]+\s+([^\s]+)", 1, CommandLine) 
| where username in('DefaultAccount') or password in('P@ssw0rd1234', '_AS_@1394') 
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Account, AccountDomain, ProcessName, ProcessNameFullPath = NewProcessName, EventID, Activity, CommandLine, EventSourceName, Type
),
(DeviceProcessEvents 
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all('net user', '/add') 
| parse InitiatingProcessCommandLine with * "user " username " "* 
| extend password = extract(@"\buser\s+[^\s]+\s+([^\s]+)", 1, InitiatingProcessCommandLine) 
| where username in('DefaultAccount') or password in('P@ssw0rd1234', '_AS_@1394') 
| extend Account = strcat(InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, @'\', InitiatingProcessAccountName), Computer = DeviceName
)
)
| 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])

relevantTechniques:
- T1098
name: DEV-0270 New User Creation
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - SecurityEvent
  connectorId: SecurityEvents
- dataTypes:
  - SecurityEvent
  connectorId: WindowsSecurityEvents
- dataTypes:
  - DeviceProcessEvents
  connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: Account
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: AccountName
  - identifier: NTDomain
    columnName: AccountNTDomain
  entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: Computer
  - identifier: HostName
    columnName: HostName
  - identifier: DnsDomain
    columnName: HostNameDomain
  entityType: Host
triggerThreshold: 0
id: 7965f0be-c039-4d18-8ee8-9a6add8aecf3
tactics:
- Persistence
version: 1.0.3
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Dev 0270 Detection and Hunting/Analytic Rules/Dev-0270NewUserSep2022.yaml
queryPeriod: 6h
kind: Scheduled
tags:
- Dev-0270
queryFrequency: 6h
severity: High
status: Available
description: |
    'The following query tries to detect creation of a new user using a known DEV-0270 username/password schema'
query: |
  (union isfuzzy=true
  (SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 4688
  | where CommandLine has_all ('net user', '/add') 
  | parse CommandLine with * "user " username " "*
  | extend password = extract(@"\buser\s+[^\s]+\s+([^\s]+)", 1, CommandLine) 
  | where username in('DefaultAccount') or password in('P@ssw0rd1234', '_AS_@1394') 
  | project TimeGenerated, Computer, Account, AccountDomain, ProcessName, ProcessNameFullPath = NewProcessName, EventID, Activity, CommandLine, EventSourceName, Type
  ),
  (DeviceProcessEvents 
  | where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all('net user', '/add') 
  | parse InitiatingProcessCommandLine with * "user " username " "* 
  | extend password = extract(@"\buser\s+[^\s]+\s+([^\s]+)", 1, InitiatingProcessCommandLine) 
  | where username in('DefaultAccount') or password in('P@ssw0rd1234', '_AS_@1394') 
  | extend Account = strcat(InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, @'\', InitiatingProcessAccountName), Computer = DeviceName
  )
  )
  | 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])  
triggerOperator: gt

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        "displayName": "DEV-0270 New User Creation",
        "enabled": true,
        "entityMappings": [
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "Account",
                "identifier": "FullName"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "AccountName",
                "identifier": "Name"
              },
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                "columnName": "AccountNTDomain",
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              }
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                "columnName": "Computer",
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        "severity": "High",
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