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])
relevantTechniques:
- T1189
- T1071
- T1203
name: New UserAgent observed in last 24 hours
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- AWSCloudTrail
connectorId: AWS
- dataTypes:
- OfficeActivity
connectorId: Office365
- dataTypes:
- W3CIISLog
connectorId: AzureMonitor(IIS)
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Name
columnName: Name
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: UPNSuffix
entityType: Account
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: SourceIP
entityType: IP
triggerThreshold: 0
id: b725d62c-eb77-42ff-96f6-bdc6745fc6e0
tactics:
- InitialAccess
- CommandAndControl
- Execution
version: 1.0.5
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Network Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/NewUserAgentLast24h.yaml
queryPeriod: 14d
kind: Scheduled
queryFrequency: 1d
severity: Low
status: Available
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.'
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])
triggerOperator: gt
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"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
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"type": "String"
}
},
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"kind": "Scheduled",
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"customDetails": null,
"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.\nThese new UserAgents could be benign. However, in normally stable environments, these new UserAgents could provide a starting point for investigating malicious activity.\nNote: W3CIISLog can be noisy depending on the environment, however OfficeActivity and AWSCloudTrail are usually stable with low numbers of detections.'\n",
"displayName": "New UserAgent observed in last 24 hours",
"enabled": true,
"entityMappings": [
{
"entityType": "Account",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "Name",
"identifier": "Name"
},
{
"columnName": "UPNSuffix",
"identifier": "UPNSuffix"
}
]
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{
"entityType": "IP",
"fieldMappings": [
{
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"identifier": "Address"
}
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],
"OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Network Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/NewUserAgentLast24h.yaml",
"query": "let starttime = 14d;\nlet endtime = 1d;\nlet UserAgentAll =\n(union isfuzzy=true\n(OfficeActivity\n| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)\n| where isnotempty(UserAgent)\n| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent, SourceIP = ClientIP, Account = UserId, Type, RecordType, Operation\n),\n(\nW3CIISLog\n| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)\n| where isnotempty(csUserAgent)\n| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent = csUserAgent, SourceIP = cIP, Account = csUserName, Type, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem\n),\n(\nAWSCloudTrail\n| where TimeGenerated >= ago(starttime)\n| where isnotempty(UserAgent)\n| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserAgent, SourceIP = SourceIpAddress, Account = UserIdentityUserName, Type, EventSource, EventName\n))\n// remove wordSize blocks of non-numeric hex characters prior to word extraction\n| extend UserAgentNoHexAlphas = replace(\"([A-Fa-f]{4,})\", \"x\", UserAgent)\n// once blocks of hex chars are removed, extract wordSize blocks of a-z\n| extend Tokens = extract_all(\"([A-Za-z]{4,})\", UserAgentNoHexAlphas)\n// concatenate extracted words to create a summarized user agent for baseline and comparison\n| extend NormalizedUserAgent = strcat_array(Tokens, \"|\")\n| project-away UserAgentNoHexAlphas, Tokens;\nUserAgentAll\n| where StartTime >= ago(endtime)\n| summarize StartTime = min(StartTime), EndTime = max(EndTime), count() by UserAgent, NormalizedUserAgent, SourceIP, Account, Type, RecordType, Operation, EventSource, EventName, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem\n| join kind=leftanti\n(\nUserAgentAll\n| where StartTime < ago(endtime)\n| summarize by NormalizedUserAgent, SourceIP, Account, Type, RecordType, Operation, EventSource, EventName, sSiteName, csMethod, csUriStem\n)\non NormalizedUserAgent\n| extend timestamp = StartTime\n| extend Name = tostring(split(Account, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(Account, '@', 1)[0])\n",
"queryFrequency": "P1D",
"queryPeriod": "P14D",
"severity": "Low",
"status": "Available",
"subTechniques": [],
"suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
"suppressionEnabled": false,
"tactics": [
"CommandAndControl",
"Execution",
"InitialAccess"
],
"techniques": [
"T1071",
"T1189",
"T1203"
],
"templateVersion": "1.0.5",
"triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
"triggerThreshold": 0
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