Detect PIM Alert Disabling activity

id: 1f3b4dfd-21ff-4ed3-8e27-afc219e05c50
name: Detect PIM Alert Disabling activity
description: |
  'Privileged Identity Management (PIM) generates alerts when there is suspicious or unsafe activity in Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) organization. 
  This query will help detect attackers attempts to disable in product PIM alerts which are associated with Azure MFA requirements and could indicate activation of privileged access'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - AuditLogs
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Persistence
  - PrivilegeEscalation
relevantTechniques:
  - T1098
  - T1078
query: |
  AuditLogs
  | where LoggedByService =~ "PIM"
  | where Category =~ "RoleManagement"
  | where ActivityDisplayName has "Disable PIM Alert"
  | extend IpAddress = case(
    isnotempty(tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).ipAddress)) and tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).ipAddress) != 'null', tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).ipAddress), 
    isnotempty(tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.app)).ipAddress)) and tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.app)).ipAddress) != 'null', tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.app)).ipAddress),
    'Not Available')
  | extend InitiatedBy = iff(isnotempty(tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName)), 
    tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName), tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.app)).displayName)), UserRoles = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).ipAddress)
  | project InitiatedBy, ActivityDateTime, ActivityDisplayName, IpAddress, AADOperationType, AADTenantId, ResourceId, CorrelationId, Identity
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(InitiatedBy, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatedBy, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: InitiatedBy
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IpAddress
  - entityType: AzureResource
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: ResourceId
        columnName: ResourceId
version: 1.0.4
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Others", "Identity" ]