Users searching for VIP user activity
Id | f7f4a77e-f68f-4b56-9aaf-a0c9d87d7a8e |
Rulename | Users searching for VIP user activity |
Description | This query monitors for users running Log Analytics queries that contain filters for specific, defined VIP user accounts or the VIPUser watchlist template. Use this detection to alert for users specifically searching for activity of sensitive users. |
Severity | Low |
Tactics | Collection Exfiltration |
Techniques | T1530 T1213 T1020 |
Kind | Scheduled |
Query frequency | 1d |
Query period | 1d |
Trigger threshold | 0 |
Trigger operator | gt |
Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/LAQueryLogs/UserSearchingForVIPUserActivity.yaml |
Version | 1.1.4 |
Arm template | f7f4a77e-f68f-4b56-9aaf-a0c9d87d7a8e.json |
// Replace these with the username or emails of your VIP users you wish to monitor for.
let vips = dynamic(['vip1@email.com','vip2@email.com']);
// Add users who are allowed to conduct these searches - this could be specific SOC team members
let allowed_users = dynamic([]);
LAQueryLogs
| where QueryText has_any (vips) or QueryText has_any ('_GetWatchlist("VIPUsers")', "_GetWatchlist('VIPUsers')")
| where AADEmail !in (allowed_users)
| project TimeGenerated, AADEmail, RequestClientApp, QueryText, ResponseRowCount, RequestTarget
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, AccountName = tostring(split(AADEmail, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(AADEmail, "@")[1])
kind: Scheduled
relevantTechniques:
- T1530
- T1213
- T1020
metadata:
support:
tier: Community
author:
name: Microsoft Security Research
categories:
domains:
- Security - Others
source:
kind: Community
description: |
This query monitors for users running Log Analytics queries that contain filters for specific, defined VIP user accounts or the VIPUser watchlist template.
Use this detection to alert for users specifically searching for activity of sensitive users.
queryPeriod: 1d
queryFrequency: 1d
tactics:
- Collection
- Exfiltration
name: Users searching for VIP user activity
requiredDataConnectors: []
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Name
columnName: AccountName
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
- entityType: AzureResource
fieldMappings:
- identifier: ResourceId
columnName: RequestTarget
triggerThreshold: 0
version: 1.1.4
id: f7f4a77e-f68f-4b56-9aaf-a0c9d87d7a8e
query: |
// Replace these with the username or emails of your VIP users you wish to monitor for.
let vips = dynamic(['vip1@email.com','vip2@email.com']);
// Add users who are allowed to conduct these searches - this could be specific SOC team members
let allowed_users = dynamic([]);
LAQueryLogs
| where QueryText has_any (vips) or QueryText has_any ('_GetWatchlist("VIPUsers")', "_GetWatchlist('VIPUsers')")
| where AADEmail !in (allowed_users)
| project TimeGenerated, AADEmail, RequestClientApp, QueryText, ResponseRowCount, RequestTarget
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, AccountName = tostring(split(AADEmail, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(AADEmail, "@")[1])
triggerOperator: gt
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/LAQueryLogs/UserSearchingForVIPUserActivity.yaml
severity: Low
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"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"workspace": {
"type": "String"
}
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2024-01-01-preview",
"id": "[concat(resourceId('Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers', parameters('workspace'), 'Microsoft.SecurityInsights'),'/alertRules/f7f4a77e-f68f-4b56-9aaf-a0c9d87d7a8e')]",
"kind": "Scheduled",
"name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/f7f4a77e-f68f-4b56-9aaf-a0c9d87d7a8e')]",
"properties": {
"alertRuleTemplateName": "f7f4a77e-f68f-4b56-9aaf-a0c9d87d7a8e",
"customDetails": null,
"description": "This query monitors for users running Log Analytics queries that contain filters for specific, defined VIP user accounts or the VIPUser watchlist template.\nUse this detection to alert for users specifically searching for activity of sensitive users.\n",
"displayName": "Users searching for VIP user activity",
"enabled": true,
"entityMappings": [
{
"entityType": "Account",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "AccountName",
"identifier": "Name"
},
{
"columnName": "AccountUPNSuffix",
"identifier": "UPNSuffix"
}
]
},
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"entityType": "AzureResource",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "RequestTarget",
"identifier": "ResourceId"
}
]
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],
"OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/LAQueryLogs/UserSearchingForVIPUserActivity.yaml",
"query": "// Replace these with the username or emails of your VIP users you wish to monitor for.\nlet vips = dynamic(['vip1@email.com','vip2@email.com']);\n// Add users who are allowed to conduct these searches - this could be specific SOC team members\nlet allowed_users = dynamic([]);\nLAQueryLogs\n| where QueryText has_any (vips) or QueryText has_any ('_GetWatchlist(\"VIPUsers\")', \"_GetWatchlist('VIPUsers')\")\n| where AADEmail !in (allowed_users)\n| project TimeGenerated, AADEmail, RequestClientApp, QueryText, ResponseRowCount, RequestTarget\n| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, AccountName = tostring(split(AADEmail, \"@\")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(AADEmail, \"@\")[1])\n",
"queryFrequency": "P1D",
"queryPeriod": "P1D",
"severity": "Low",
"subTechniques": [],
"suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
"suppressionEnabled": false,
"tactics": [
"Collection",
"Exfiltration"
],
"techniques": [
"T1020",
"T1213",
"T1530"
],
"templateVersion": "1.1.4",
"triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
"triggerThreshold": 0
},
"type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
}
]
}