New UserAgent observed in last 24 hours
| Id | b725d62c-eb77-42ff-96f6-bdc6745fc6e0 |
| Rulename | New UserAgent observed in last 24 hours |
| Description | Identifies new UserAgents observed in the last 24 hours versus the previous 14 days. This detection extracts words from user agents to build the baseline and determine rareity rather than perform a direct comparison. This avoids FPs caused by version numbers and other high entropy user agent components. These new UserAgents could be benign. However, in normally stable environments, these new UserAgents could provide a starting point for investigating malicious activity. Note: W3CIISLog can be noisy depending on the environment, however OfficeActivity and AWSCloudTrail are usually stable with low numbers of detections. |
| Severity | Low |
| Tactics | InitialAccess CommandAndControl Execution |
| Techniques | T1189 T1071 T1203 |
| Required data connectors | AWS AzureMonitor(IIS) Office365 |
| Kind | Scheduled |
| Query frequency | 1d |
| Query period | 14d |
| Trigger threshold | 0 |
| Trigger operator | gt |
| Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Network Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/NewUserAgentLast24h.yaml |
| Version | 1.0.5 |
| Arm template | b725d62c-eb77-42ff-96f6-bdc6745fc6e0.json |
let starttime = 14d;
let endtime = 1d;
let UserAgentAll =
(union isfuzzy=true
(OfficeActivity
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)
| where isnotempty(UserAgent)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent, SourceIP = ClientIP, Account = UserId, Type, RecordType, Operation
),
(
W3CIISLog
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)
| where isnotempty(csUserAgent)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent = csUserAgent, SourceIP = cIP, Account = csUserName, Type, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem
),
(
AWSCloudTrail
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)
| where isnotempty(UserAgent)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent, SourceIP = SourceIpAddress, Account = UserIdentityUserName, Type, EventSource, EventName
))
// remove wordSize blocks of non-numeric hex characters prior to word extraction
| extend UserAgentNoHexAlphas = replace("([A-Fa-f]{4,})", "x", UserAgent)
// once blocks of hex chars are removed, extract wordSize blocks of a-z
| extend Tokens = extract_all("([A-Za-z]{4,})", UserAgentNoHexAlphas)
// concatenate extracted words to create a summarized user agent for baseline and comparison
| extend NormalizedUserAgent = strcat_array(Tokens, "|")
| project-away UserAgentNoHexAlphas, Tokens;
UserAgentAll
| where StartTime >= ago(endtime)
| summarize StartTime = min(StartTime), EndTime = max(EndTime), count() by UserAgent, NormalizedUserAgent, SourceIP, Account, Type, RecordType, Operation, EventSource, EventName, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem
| join kind=leftanti
(
UserAgentAll
| where StartTime < ago(endtime)
| summarize by NormalizedUserAgent, SourceIP, Account, Type, RecordType, Operation, EventSource, EventName, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem
)
on NormalizedUserAgent
| extend timestamp = StartTime
| extend Name = tostring(split(Account, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(Account, '@', 1)[0])
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Network Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/NewUserAgentLast24h.yaml
queryPeriod: 14d
version: 1.0.5
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Name
columnName: Name
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: UPNSuffix
entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: SourceIP
entityType: IP
relevantTechniques:
- T1189
- T1071
- T1203
queryFrequency: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
kind: Scheduled
query: |
let starttime = 14d;
let endtime = 1d;
let UserAgentAll =
(union isfuzzy=true
(OfficeActivity
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)
| where isnotempty(UserAgent)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent, SourceIP = ClientIP, Account = UserId, Type, RecordType, Operation
),
(
W3CIISLog
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)
| where isnotempty(csUserAgent)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent = csUserAgent, SourceIP = cIP, Account = csUserName, Type, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem
),
(
AWSCloudTrail
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)
| where isnotempty(UserAgent)
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent, SourceIP = SourceIpAddress, Account = UserIdentityUserName, Type, EventSource, EventName
))
// remove wordSize blocks of non-numeric hex characters prior to word extraction
| extend UserAgentNoHexAlphas = replace("([A-Fa-f]{4,})", "x", UserAgent)
// once blocks of hex chars are removed, extract wordSize blocks of a-z
| extend Tokens = extract_all("([A-Za-z]{4,})", UserAgentNoHexAlphas)
// concatenate extracted words to create a summarized user agent for baseline and comparison
| extend NormalizedUserAgent = strcat_array(Tokens, "|")
| project-away UserAgentNoHexAlphas, Tokens;
UserAgentAll
| where StartTime >= ago(endtime)
| summarize StartTime = min(StartTime), EndTime = max(EndTime), count() by UserAgent, NormalizedUserAgent, SourceIP, Account, Type, RecordType, Operation, EventSource, EventName, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem
| join kind=leftanti
(
UserAgentAll
| where StartTime < ago(endtime)
| summarize by NormalizedUserAgent, SourceIP, Account, Type, RecordType, Operation, EventSource, EventName, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem
)
on NormalizedUserAgent
| extend timestamp = StartTime
| extend Name = tostring(split(Account, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(Account, '@', 1)[0])
id: b725d62c-eb77-42ff-96f6-bdc6745fc6e0
tactics:
- InitialAccess
- CommandAndControl
- Execution
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: AWS
dataTypes:
- AWSCloudTrail
- connectorId: Office365
dataTypes:
- OfficeActivity
- connectorId: AzureMonitor(IIS)
dataTypes:
- W3CIISLog
triggerThreshold: 0
name: New UserAgent observed in last 24 hours
severity: Low
description: |
'Identifies new UserAgents observed in the last 24 hours versus the previous 14 days. This detection extracts words from user agents to build the baseline and determine rareity rather than perform a direct comparison. This avoids FPs caused by version numbers and other high entropy user agent components.
These new UserAgents could be benign. However, in normally stable environments, these new UserAgents could provide a starting point for investigating malicious activity.
Note: W3CIISLog can be noisy depending on the environment, however OfficeActivity and AWSCloudTrail are usually stable with low numbers of detections.'