Tracking Password Changes
Description
'This script identifies password changes or resets across multiple host and cloud sources. Account manipulation, including password changes and resets, may help adversaries maintain access to credentials and permission levels.'
Query · kql
let action = dynamic(["change ", "changed ", "reset "]);
let pWord = dynamic(["password ", "credentials "]);
(union isfuzzy=true
(SecurityEvent
| where EventID in (4723,4724)
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), ResultDescriptions = makeset(Activity), ActionCount = count() by Resource = Computer, OperationName = strcat("TargetAccount: ", TargetUserName), UserId = Account, Type
),
(WindowsEvent
| where EventID in (4723,4724)
| extend Activity=iff(EventID=='4723',"4723 - An attempt was made to change an account","4724 - An attempt was made to reset an account")
| extend TargetUserName = tostring(EventData.TargetUserName)
| extend Account = strcat(tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName),"\\", tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName))
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), ResultDescriptions = makeset(Activity), ActionCount = count() by Resource = Computer, OperationName = strcat("TargetAccount: ", TargetUserName), UserId = Account, Type
),
(AuditLogs
| where OperationName has_any (pWord) and OperationName has_any (action)
| extend InitiatedBy = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName)
| extend TargetUserPrincipalName = tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName)
| where ResultDescription != "None"
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), ResultDescriptions = makeset(ResultDescription), CorrelationIds = makeset(CorrelationId), ActionCount = count() by OperationName = strcat(Category, " - ", OperationName, " - ", Result), Resource, UserId = TargetUserPrincipalName, Type
| extend ResultDescriptions = tostring(ResultDescriptions)
),
(OfficeActivity
| where (ExtendedProperties has_any (pWord) or ModifiedProperties has_any (pWord)) and (ExtendedProperties has_any (action) or ModifiedProperties has_any (action))
| extend ResultDescriptions = case(
OfficeWorkload =~ "AzureActiveDirectory", tostring(ExtendedProperties),
OfficeWorkload has_any ("Exchange","OneDrive"), OfficeObjectId,
RecordType)
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), ResultDescriptions = makeset(ResultDescriptions), ActionCount = count() by Resource = OfficeWorkload, OperationName = strcat(Operation, " - ", ResultStatus), IPAddress = ClientIP, UserId, Type
),
(Syslog
| where SyslogMessage has_any (pWord) and SyslogMessage has_any (action)
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), ResultDescriptions = makeset(SyslogMessage), ActionCount = count() by Resource = HostName, OperationName = Facility , IPAddress = HostIP, ProcessName, Type
),
(SigninLogs
| where OperationName =~ "Sign-in activity" and ResultType has_any ("50125", "50133")
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), ResultDescriptions = makeset(ResultDescription), CorrelationIds = makeset(CorrelationId), ActionCount = count() by Resource, OperationName = strcat(OperationName, " - ", ResultType), IPAddress, UserId = UserPrincipalName, Type
)
)
| extend timestamp = StartTimeUtc, AccountCustomEntity = UserId, IPCustomEntity = IPAddress