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Hunt for the delete method in Microsoft Graph API calls
Identify when the http delete method is being called within the Microsoft Graph API.
Rule body yaral
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rule ms_graph_delete_method {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Identify when the http delete method is being called within the Microsoft Graph API."
rule_id = "mr_9e5f6adc-84f9-46f3-bf9e-abe38e14a77b"
rule_name = "Hunt for the delete method in Microsoft Graph API calls"
assumption = "Tuning is needed to identify administrative activities as general maintenance that may be logged"
type = "Hunt"
data_source = "MS Graph Activity Logs"
platform = "Azure"
severity = "Low"
priority = "Low"
events:
$api.metadata.event_type = "NETWORK_HTTP"
$api.metadata.product_event_type = "Microsoft Graph Activity"
$api.network.http.method = "DELETE"
//Can be tuned for specific APIs being used in delete operations if desired
//$api.target.url = /https:\/\/graph.microsoft.com\/v1.0\/groups\/.*\/members/ nocase
//Can be tuned for specific User Agent strings being used
//$api.network.http.user_agent = /PowerShell/ nocase
//Can be tuned to eliminate Azure IP ranges or other IP addresses
NOT net.ip_in_range_cidr($api.principal.ip, "20.151.0.0/16")
$api.principal.ip = $ip
$api.network.session_id = $session
match:
$ip, $session over 5m
outcome:
$risk_score = 15
$event_count = count($api.metadata.id)
$requesting_user_guid = array_distinct($api.principal.user.userid)
$requesting_ip = array_distinct($api.principal.ip)
$user_agent = array_distinct($api.network.http.user_agent)
$location = array_distinct($api.principal.location.name)
$target_application_id_guid = array_distinct($api.target.resource.product_object_id)
$session_id = array_distinct($api.network.session_id)
$target_url = array_distinct($api.target.url)
condition:
$api
}
Detection logic
Fires when at least one $api event in the 5m window.
Events
$api
metadata.product_event_type = "Microsoft Graph Activity"network.http.method = "DELETE"principal.ip cidr_match "20.151.0.0/16"
Correlation
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | 15 |
event_count | count($api.metadata.id) |
requesting_user_guid | array_distinct($api.principal.user.userid) |
requesting_ip | array_distinct($api.principal.ip) |
user_agent | array_distinct($api.network.http.user_agent) |
location | array_distinct($api.principal.location.name) |
target_application_id_guid | array_distinct($api.target.resource.product_object_id) |
session_id | array_distinct($api.network.session_id) |
target_url | array_distinct($api.target.url) |