Phishing link click observed in Network Traffic


Description

'The purpose of this content is to identify successful phishing links accessed by users. Once a user clicks on a phishing link, we observe successful network activity originating from non-Microsoft network devices. These devices may include Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Check Point, and Zscaler devices.'

Query · kql

//Finding MDO Security alerts and extracting the Entities user, Domain, Ip, and URL.
let Alert_List= dynamic([
"Phishing link click observed in Network Traffic",
"Phish delivered due to an IP allow policy",
"A potentially malicious URL click was detected",
"High Risk Sign-in Observed in Network Traffic",
"A user clicked through to a potentially malicious URL",
"Suspicious network connection to AitM phishing site",
"Messages containing malicious entity not removed after delivery",
"Email messages containing malicious URL removed after delivery",
"Email reported by user as malware or phish",
"Phish delivered due to an ETR override",
"Phish not zapped because ZAP is disabled"]);
SecurityAlert
|where ProviderName in~ ("Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection", "OATP")
| where AlertName in~ (Alert_List)
//extracting Alert Entities
 | extend Entities = parse_json(Entities)
| mv-apply Entity = Entities on
(
where Entity.Type == 'account'
| extend EntityUPN = iff(isempty(Entity.UserPrincipalName), tostring(strcat(Entity.Name, "@", tostring (Entity.UPNSuffix))), tostring(Entity.UserPrincipalName))
)
| mv-apply Entity = Entities on
(
where Entity.Type == 'url'
| extend EntityUrl = tostring(Entity.Url)
)
| summarize AccountUpn=tolower(tostring(take_any(EntityUPN))),Url=tostring(tolower(take_any(EntityUrl))),AlertTime= min(TimeGenerated)by SystemAlertId, ProductName
// filtering 3pnetwork devices
| join kind= inner (CommonSecurityLog
| where DeviceVendor has_any  ("Palo Alto Networks", "Fortinet", "Check Point", "Zscaler")
| where DeviceAction != "Block"
| where DeviceProduct startswith "FortiGate" or DeviceProduct startswith  "PAN" or DeviceProduct startswith  "VPN" or DeviceProduct startswith "FireWall" or DeviceProduct startswith  "NSSWeblog" or DeviceProduct startswith "URL"
| where isnotempty(RequestURL)
| where isnotempty(SourceUserName)
| extend SourceUserName = tolower(SourceUserName)
| project
3plogTime=TimeGenerated,
DeviceVendor,
DeviceProduct,
Activity,
DestinationHostName,
DestinationIP,
RequestURL=tostring(tolower(RequestURL)),
MaliciousIP,
Name = tostring(split(SourceUserName,"@")[0]),
UPNSuffix =tostring(split(SourceUserName,"@")[1]),
SourceUserName,
IndicatorThreatType,
ThreatSeverity,AdditionalExtensions,
ThreatConfidence)on $left.Url == $right.RequestURL and $left.AccountUpn == $right.SourceUserName
// Applied the condition where alert trigger 1st and then the 3p Network activity execution
| where AlertTime between ((3plogTime - 1h) .. (3plogTime + 1h))

Rule dependencies

Depends on

  • correlates · Sentinel SecurityAlert
    An external product alert, not indexed on this site.
Raw source Phishing link click observed in Network Traffic · KQL
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Published by Azure/Azure-Sentinel ↗, licensed under MIT ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
id: 2fed0668-6d43-4c78-87e6-510f96f12145
name: Phishing link click observed in Network Traffic
description: |
  'The purpose of this content is to identify successful phishing links accessed by users. Once a user clicks on a phishing link, we observe successful network activity originating from non-Microsoft network devices. These devices may include Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Check Point, and Zscaler devices.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId:  OfficeATP
    dataTypes:
    - SecurityAlert
  - connectorId:  PaloAltoNetworks
    dataTypes:
    - CommonSecurityLog (PaloAlto)
  - connectorId:  Fortinet
    dataTypes:
    - CommonSecurityLog (Fortinet)
  - connectorId:  CheckPoint
    dataTypes:
    - CommonSecurityLog (CheckPoint)
  - connectorId:  Zscaler
    dataTypes:
    - CommonSecurityLog (Zscaler)
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1566
query: |
    //Finding MDO Security alerts and extracting the Entities user, Domain, Ip, and URL.
    let Alert_List= dynamic([
    "Phishing link click observed in Network Traffic",
    "Phish delivered due to an IP allow policy",
    "A potentially malicious URL click was detected",
    "High Risk Sign-in Observed in Network Traffic",
    "A user clicked through to a potentially malicious URL",
    "Suspicious network connection to AitM phishing site",
    "Messages containing malicious entity not removed after delivery",
    "Email messages containing malicious URL removed after delivery",
    "Email reported by user as malware or phish",
    "Phish delivered due to an ETR override",
    "Phish not zapped because ZAP is disabled"]);
    SecurityAlert
    |where ProviderName in~ ("Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection", "OATP")
    | where AlertName in~ (Alert_List)
    //extracting Alert Entities
     | extend Entities = parse_json(Entities)
    | mv-apply Entity = Entities on
    (
    where Entity.Type == 'account'
    | extend EntityUPN = iff(isempty(Entity.UserPrincipalName), tostring(strcat(Entity.Name, "@", tostring (Entity.UPNSuffix))), tostring(Entity.UserPrincipalName))
    )
    | mv-apply Entity = Entities on
    (
    where Entity.Type == 'url'
    | extend EntityUrl = tostring(Entity.Url)
    )
    | summarize AccountUpn=tolower(tostring(take_any(EntityUPN))),Url=tostring(tolower(take_any(EntityUrl))),AlertTime= min(TimeGenerated)by SystemAlertId, ProductName
    // filtering 3pnetwork devices
    | join kind= inner (CommonSecurityLog
    | where DeviceVendor has_any  ("Palo Alto Networks", "Fortinet", "Check Point", "Zscaler")
    | where DeviceAction != "Block"
    | where DeviceProduct startswith "FortiGate" or DeviceProduct startswith  "PAN" or DeviceProduct startswith  "VPN" or DeviceProduct startswith "FireWall" or DeviceProduct startswith  "NSSWeblog" or DeviceProduct startswith "URL"
    | where isnotempty(RequestURL)
    | where isnotempty(SourceUserName)
    | extend SourceUserName = tolower(SourceUserName)
    | project
    3plogTime=TimeGenerated,
    DeviceVendor,
    DeviceProduct,
    Activity,
    DestinationHostName,
    DestinationIP,
    RequestURL=tostring(tolower(RequestURL)),
    MaliciousIP,
    Name = tostring(split(SourceUserName,"@")[0]),
    UPNSuffix =tostring(split(SourceUserName,"@")[1]),
    SourceUserName,
    IndicatorThreatType,
    ThreatSeverity,AdditionalExtensions,
    ThreatConfidence)on $left.Url == $right.RequestURL and $left.AccountUpn == $right.SourceUserName
    // Applied the condition where alert trigger 1st and then the 3p Network activity execution
    | where AlertTime between ((3plogTime - 1h) .. (3plogTime + 1h))
entityMappings:
    - entityType: Account
      fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: SourceUserName
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
    - entityType: IP
      fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: DestinationIP
    - entityType: DNS
      fieldMappings:
      - identifier: DomainName
        columnName: DestinationHostName
kind: Scheduled
version: 1.0.4
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Threat Protection" ]

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