Suspicious Login from deleted guest account


Description

' This query will detect logins from guest account which was recently deleted. For any successful logins from deleted identities should be investigated further if any existing user accounts have been altered or linked to such identity prior deletion'

Query · kql

let query_frequency = 1h;
let query_period = 1d;
AuditLogs
| where TimeGenerated > ago(query_frequency)
| where Category =~ "UserManagement" and OperationName =~ "Delete user"
| mv-expand TargetResource = TargetResources
| where TargetResource["type"] == "User" and TargetResource["userPrincipalName"] has "#EXT#"
| extend ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName = extract(@"^[0-9a-f]{32}([^\#]+)\#EXT\#", 1, tostring(TargetResource["userPrincipalName"]))
| extend
    Initiator = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["displayName"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["userPrincipalName"])),
    InitiatorId = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["servicePrincipalId"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["id"])),
    Delete_IPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy[tostring(bag_keys(InitiatedBy)[0])]["ipAddress"])
| project Delete_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, Category, Identity, Initiator, Delete_IPAddress, OperationName, Result, ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, InitiatedBy, AdditionalDetails, TargetResources, InitiatorId, CorrelationId
| join kind=inner (
    SigninLogs
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_period)
    | where ResultType == 0
    | summarize take_any(*) by UserPrincipalName
    | extend ParsedUserPrincipalName = translate("@", "_", UserPrincipalName)
    | project SigninLogs_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, UserPrincipalName, UserDisplayName, ResultType, ResultDescription, IPAddress, LocationDetails, AppDisplayName, ResourceDisplayName, ClientAppUsed, UserAgent, DeviceDetail, UserId, UserType, OriginalRequestId, ParsedUserPrincipalName
    ) on $left.ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName == $right.ParsedUserPrincipalName
| where SigninLogs_TimeGenerated > Delete_TimeGenerated
| project-away ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, ParsedUserPrincipalName
| extend
    AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]),
    AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
Raw source Suspicious Login from deleted guest account · KQL
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Published by Azure/Azure-Sentinel ↗, licensed under MIT ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
id: defe4855-0d33-4362-9557-009237623976
name: Suspicious Login from deleted guest account
description: |
  ' This query will detect logins from guest account which was recently deleted. 
  For any successful logins from deleted identities should be investigated further if any existing user accounts have been altered or linked to such identity prior deletion'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - AuditLogs
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - SigninLogs
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - PrivilegeEscalation
relevantTechniques:
  - T1078.004
tags:
  - GuestorExternalIdentities
query: |
  let query_frequency = 1h;
  let query_period = 1d;
  AuditLogs
  | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_frequency)
  | where Category =~ "UserManagement" and OperationName =~ "Delete user"
  | mv-expand TargetResource = TargetResources
  | where TargetResource["type"] == "User" and TargetResource["userPrincipalName"] has "#EXT#"
  | extend ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName = extract(@"^[0-9a-f]{32}([^\#]+)\#EXT\#", 1, tostring(TargetResource["userPrincipalName"]))
  | extend
      Initiator = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["displayName"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["userPrincipalName"])),
      InitiatorId = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["servicePrincipalId"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["id"])),
      Delete_IPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy[tostring(bag_keys(InitiatedBy)[0])]["ipAddress"])
  | project Delete_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, Category, Identity, Initiator, Delete_IPAddress, OperationName, Result, ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, InitiatedBy, AdditionalDetails, TargetResources, InitiatorId, CorrelationId
  | join kind=inner (
      SigninLogs
      | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_period)
      | where ResultType == 0
      | summarize take_any(*) by UserPrincipalName
      | extend ParsedUserPrincipalName = translate("@", "_", UserPrincipalName)
      | project SigninLogs_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, UserPrincipalName, UserDisplayName, ResultType, ResultDescription, IPAddress, LocationDetails, AppDisplayName, ResourceDisplayName, ClientAppUsed, UserAgent, DeviceDetail, UserId, UserType, OriginalRequestId, ParsedUserPrincipalName
      ) on $left.ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName == $right.ParsedUserPrincipalName
  | where SigninLogs_TimeGenerated > Delete_TimeGenerated
  | project-away ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, ParsedUserPrincipalName
  | extend
      AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]),
      AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: UserPrincipalName
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IPAddress
version: 1.0.5
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Others", "Identity" ]

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