Fake computer account created


Description

'This query detects domain user accounts creation (event ID 4720) where the username ends with $. Accounts that end with $ are normally domain computer accounts and when they are created the event ID 4741 is generated instead.'

Query · kql

SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 4720 and TargetUserName endswith "$"
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by Computer, SubjectUserName, SubjectDomainName, SubjectAccount, SubjectUserSid, SubjectLogonId, 
TargetUserName, TargetDomainName, TargetAccount, TargetSid, UserPrincipalName
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
| project-away DomainIndex
Raw source Fake computer account created · KQL
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Published by Azure/Azure-Sentinel ↗, licensed under MIT ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
id: c1faf5e8-6958-11ec-90d6-0242ac120003
name: Fake computer account created
description: |
   'This query detects domain user accounts creation (event ID 4720) where the username ends with $. 
   Accounts that end with $ are normally domain computer accounts and when they are created the event ID 4741 is generated instead.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: SecurityEvents
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityEvent
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - DefenseEvasion
relevantTechniques:
  - T1564
query: |
  SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 4720 and TargetUserName endswith "$"
  | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by Computer, SubjectUserName, SubjectDomainName, SubjectAccount, SubjectUserSid, SubjectLogonId, 
  TargetUserName, TargetDomainName, TargetAccount, TargetSid, UserPrincipalName
  | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(Computer, '.'))
  | extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(Computer, DomainIndex + 1), Computer)
  | project-away DomainIndex
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: SubjectAccount
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: SubjectUserName
      - identifier: NTDomain
        columnName: SubjectDomainName
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Sid
        columnName: SubjectUserSid
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: TargetAccount
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: TargetUserName
      - identifier: NTDomain
        columnName: TargetDomainName
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Sid
        columnName: TargetSid
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Computer
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
      - identifier: DnsDomain
        columnName: HostNameDomain
version: 1.0.4
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Vasileios Paschalidis
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Others" ]

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