User account created without expected attributes defined

let threshold = 10;
let default_ad_attributes = dynamic(["LastDirSyncTime", "StsRefreshTokensValidFrom", "Included Updated Properties", "AccountEnabled", "Action Client Name", "SourceAnchor"]);
let addUsers = AuditLogs
| where OperationName =~ "Add user"
| where Result =~ "success"
| extend AccountProperties = TargetResources[0].modifiedProperties
| mv-expand AccountProperties
;
addUsers
| evaluate bag_unpack(AccountProperties) : (displayName:string, oldValue: string, newValue: string , TenantId : string, SourceSystem : string, TimeGenerated : datetime, ResourceId : string, OperationName : string, OperationVersion : string, Category : string, ResultType : string, ResultSignature : string, ResultDescription : string, DurationMs : long, CorrelationId : string, Resource : string, ResourceGroup : string, ResourceProvider : string, Identity : string, Level : string, Location : string, AdditionalDetails : dynamic, Id : string, InitiatedBy : dynamic, LoggedByService : string, Result : string, ResultReason : string, TargetResources : dynamic, AADTenantId : string, ActivityDisplayName : string, ActivityDateTime : datetime, AADOperationType : string, Type : string)
| extend displayName = column_ifexists("displayName", "Unknown Value")
| summarize count() by displayName, TenantId
| where displayName !in (default_ad_attributes)
| top threshold by count_ desc
| summarize make_set(displayName) by TenantId
| join kind=inner (
addUsers
| extend CreatingUserPrincipalName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName)
| extend CreatingAadUserId = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
| extend CreatingUserIPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress)
| extend CreatedUserPrincipalName = tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName)
| extend PropName = tostring(AccountProperties.displayName)) 
on TenantId
| summarize makeset(PropName) by TimeGenerated, CorrelationId, CreatedUserPrincipalName, CreatingUserPrincipalName, CreatingAadUserId, CreatingUserIPAddress, tostring(set_displayName)
| extend missing_props = set_difference(todynamic(set_displayName), set_PropName)
| where array_length(missing_props) > 0
| join kind=innerunique (
AuditLogs
| where Result =~ "success"
| where OperationName =~ "Add user"
| extend CreatedUserPrincipalName = tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName)) 
on CorrelationId, CreatedUserPrincipalName
| extend ExpectedProperties = set_displayName
| project-away set_displayName, set_PropName
| extend InitiatingAccountName = tostring(split(CreatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(CreatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
| extend TargetAccountName = tostring(split(CreatedUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), TargetAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(CreatedUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])

OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/AuditLogs/Useraccountcreatedwithoutexpectedattributesdefined.yaml
metadata:
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Others
  author:
    name: Microsoft Security Research
  source:
    kind: Community
  support:
    tier: Community
id: dc99e38c-f4e9-4837-94d7-353ac0b01a77
query: |
  let threshold = 10;
  let default_ad_attributes = dynamic(["LastDirSyncTime", "StsRefreshTokensValidFrom", "Included Updated Properties", "AccountEnabled", "Action Client Name", "SourceAnchor"]);
  let addUsers = AuditLogs
  | where OperationName =~ "Add user"
  | where Result =~ "success"
  | extend AccountProperties = TargetResources[0].modifiedProperties
  | mv-expand AccountProperties
  ;
  addUsers
  | evaluate bag_unpack(AccountProperties) : (displayName:string, oldValue: string, newValue: string , TenantId : string, SourceSystem : string, TimeGenerated : datetime, ResourceId : string, OperationName : string, OperationVersion : string, Category : string, ResultType : string, ResultSignature : string, ResultDescription : string, DurationMs : long, CorrelationId : string, Resource : string, ResourceGroup : string, ResourceProvider : string, Identity : string, Level : string, Location : string, AdditionalDetails : dynamic, Id : string, InitiatedBy : dynamic, LoggedByService : string, Result : string, ResultReason : string, TargetResources : dynamic, AADTenantId : string, ActivityDisplayName : string, ActivityDateTime : datetime, AADOperationType : string, Type : string)
  | extend displayName = column_ifexists("displayName", "Unknown Value")
  | summarize count() by displayName, TenantId
  | where displayName !in (default_ad_attributes)
  | top threshold by count_ desc
  | summarize make_set(displayName) by TenantId
  | join kind=inner (
  addUsers
  | extend CreatingUserPrincipalName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName)
  | extend CreatingAadUserId = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
  | extend CreatingUserIPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress)
  | extend CreatedUserPrincipalName = tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName)
  | extend PropName = tostring(AccountProperties.displayName)) 
  on TenantId
  | summarize makeset(PropName) by TimeGenerated, CorrelationId, CreatedUserPrincipalName, CreatingUserPrincipalName, CreatingAadUserId, CreatingUserIPAddress, tostring(set_displayName)
  | extend missing_props = set_difference(todynamic(set_displayName), set_PropName)
  | where array_length(missing_props) > 0
  | join kind=innerunique (
  AuditLogs
  | where Result =~ "success"
  | where OperationName =~ "Add user"
  | extend CreatedUserPrincipalName = tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName)) 
  on CorrelationId, CreatedUserPrincipalName
  | extend ExpectedProperties = set_displayName
  | project-away set_displayName, set_PropName
  | extend InitiatingAccountName = tostring(split(CreatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(CreatingUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
  | extend TargetAccountName = tostring(split(CreatedUserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), TargetAccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(CreatedUserPrincipalName, "@")[1])  
tags:
- AADSecOpsGuide
description: |
  'This query looks for accounts being created that do not have attributes populated that are commonly populated in the tenant.
    Attackers may attempt to add accounts as a means of establishing persistant access to an environment, looking for anomalies in created accounts may help identify illegitimately created accounts.
    Created accounts should be investigated to ensure they were legitimated created.
    Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-user-accounts#accounts-not-following-naming-policies'  
name: User account created without expected attributes defined
relevantTechniques:
- T1136.003
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: CreatingUserPrincipalName
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: InitiatingAccountName
  - identifier: UPNSuffix
    columnName: InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: AadUserId
    columnName: CreatingAadUserId
- entityType: Account
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: FullName
    columnName: CreatedUserPrincipalName
  - identifier: Name
    columnName: TargetAccountName
  - identifier: UPNSuffix
    columnName: TargetAccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: CreatingUserIPAddress
triggerThreshold: 0
severity: Low
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
  - AuditLogs
  connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
version: 1.1.0
kind: Scheduled
tactics:
- Persistence
triggerOperator: gt

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        "displayName": "User account created without expected attributes defined",
        "enabled": true,
        "entityMappings": [
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "CreatingUserPrincipalName",
                "identifier": "FullName"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "InitiatingAccountName",
                "identifier": "Name"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "InitiatingAccountUPNSuffix",
                "identifier": "UPNSuffix"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "CreatingAadUserId",
                "identifier": "AadUserId"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "entityType": "Account",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "CreatedUserPrincipalName",
                "identifier": "FullName"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "TargetAccountName",
                "identifier": "Name"
              },
              {
                "columnName": "TargetAccountUPNSuffix",
                "identifier": "UPNSuffix"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "entityType": "IP",
            "fieldMappings": [
              {
                "columnName": "CreatingUserIPAddress",
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              }
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        "severity": "Low",
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