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Logins From Terminated Employees

Severity
medium
Type
alert
Time window
1d
Match by
user
Author
Google Cloud Security
Source
github.com/chronicle/detection-rules

Allowed Logins from Terminated Employees

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial Access

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

// Copyright 2023 Google LLC. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

rule logins_from_terminated_employees {

  meta:
    author = "Google Cloud Security"
    description = "Allowed Logins from Terminated Employees"
    rule_id = "mr_69178541-285b-45cb-b723-e2b5d88f22d3"
    rule_name = "Logins From Terminated Employees"
    assumptions = "This rule requires a context data source such as AzureAD AD Context or Workday to demonstrate the correlation of context logs with event logs"
    type = "alert"
    tags = "user enrichment"
    data_source = "microsoft windows events"
    tactic = "TA0001"
    technique = "T1078"
    severity = "Medium"
    priority = "Medium"

  events:
    $login.metadata.event_type = "USER_LOGIN"
    $login.security_result.action = "ALLOW"
    $login.target.user.userid = $user
    $login.target.user.termination_date.seconds > 0
    $login.target.user.termination_date.seconds < $login.metadata.event_timestamp.seconds

  match:
    $user over 1d

  outcome:
    $risk_score = 65
    $event_count = count_distinct($login.metadata.id)
    $employee_last_login = max($login.target.user.termination_date.seconds)
    $total_distinct_ips = count_distinct($login.principal.ip)
    // added to populate alert graph with additional context
    $principal_hostname = array_distinct($login.principal.hostname)
    $target_hostname = array_distinct($login.target.hostname)
    $principal_user_userid = array_distinct($login.principal.user.userid)
    // Commented out target.user.userid because it is already represented in graph as match variable. If match changes, can uncomment to add to results
    //$target_user_userid = array_distinct($login.target.user.userid)
    $principal_resource_name = array_distinct($login.principal.resource.name)
    $target_resource_name = array_distinct($login.target.resource.name)
    $target_url = array_distinct($login.target.url)

  condition:
    $login
}

YARA-L rule structure

Condition

Fires when at least one $login event in the 24h window.

Events

$login USER_LOGIN (4624, 4625, 4648)

  • security_result.action = "ALLOW"
  • target.user.termination_date.seconds > "0"

Match and correlation

Joined on
$login.target.user.termination_date.seconds < $login.metadata.event_timestamp.seconds
Match key
$user (target.user.userid)
Within
1d

Outcome

Outcome variables add context to a detection. When the rule generates an alert, $risk_score is displayed with it.

FieldExpression
risk_score65
event_countcount_distinct($login.metadata.id)
employee_last_loginmax($login.target.user.termination_date.seconds)
total_distinct_ipscount_distinct($login.principal.ip)
principal_hostnamearray_distinct($login.principal.hostname)
target_hostnamearray_distinct($login.target.hostname)
principal_user_useridarray_distinct($login.principal.user.userid)
principal_resource_namearray_distinct($login.principal.resource.name)
target_resource_namearray_distinct($login.target.resource.name)
target_urlarray_distinct($login.target.url)