Port Sweep

Status: available
Severity: medium
Time window: 30s
Group by: DestinationPort, SourceIp
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'Identifies a source IP scanning same open ports on the Azure Firewall IPs. This can indicate malicious scanning of port by an attacker, trying to reveal IPs with specific ports open in the organization. The ports can be compromised by attackers for initial access, most often by exploiting vulnerability. Configurable Parameters: - Port sweep time - the time range to look for multiple hosts scanned. Default is set to 30 seconds. - Minimum different hosts threshold - alert only if more than this number of hosts scanned. Default is set to 200.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Reconnaissance	`T1595.001` Active Scanning: Scanning IP Blocks
Discovery	`T1046` Network Service Discovery

Rule body kusto

id: 720335f4-ee8c-4270-9424-d0859222168c
name: Port Sweep
description: |
  'Identifies a source IP scanning same open ports on the Azure Firewall IPs. This can indicate malicious scanning of port by an attacker, trying to reveal IPs with specific ports open in the organization. The ports can be compromised by attackers for initial access, most often by exploiting vulnerability.
  
  Configurable Parameters:
  
  - Port sweep time - the time range to look for multiple hosts scanned. Default is set to 30 seconds.
  - Minimum different hosts threshold - alert only if more than this number of hosts scanned. Default is set to 200.'
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureFirewall
    dataTypes: 
      - AzureDiagnostics
      - AZFWApplicationRule
      - AZFWNetworkRule
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Discovery
  - Reconnaissance
relevantTechniques:
  - T1046
  - T1595.001
query: |
  let MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold = 200;
  let ExcludedPorts = dynamic([80 , 443]);
  let BinTime = 30s;
  union isfuzzy=true(
  AZFWApplicationRule
  | where DestinationPort !in (ExcludedPorts)
  | summarize AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime = make_set(Fqdn) by SourceIp, bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), DestinationPort
  | where array_length(AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime) > MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold
  | mv-expand Fqdn = AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime),
  (AZFWNetworkRule
  | extend Fqdn = DestinationIp
  | where DestinationPort !in (ExcludedPorts)
  | summarize AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime = make_set(Fqdn) by SourceIp, bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), DestinationPort
  | where array_length(AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime) > MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold
  | mv-expand Fqdn = AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime),
  (AzureDiagnostics
  | where OperationName == "AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog" or OperationName == "AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog"
  | parse msg_s with * "from " SourceIp ":" SourcePort:int " to " Fqdn ":" DestinationPort:int ". " * "Action: " Action "." *
  | where DestinationPort !in (ExcludedPorts)
  | where isnotempty(Fqdn) and isnotempty(SourceIp) and isnotempty(DestinationPort)
  | summarize AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime = make_set(Fqdn) by SourceIp, bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), DestinationPort
  | where array_length(AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime) > MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold
  | mv-expand Fqdn = AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime)
  | project bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), SourceIp, DestinationPort, AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime, Fqdn
entityMappings:
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SourceIp
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: Fqdn
customDetails:
  DestinationPort: DestinationPort
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: 'Port Sweep Detected from {{SourceIp}} on Port {{DestinationPort}}'
  alertDescriptionFormat: 'Source IP {{SourceIp}} has scanned {{AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime}} different hosts on port {{DestinationPort}} within a short time frame, which may indicate reconnaissance activity.'
version: 1.2.3
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold = 200;
let ExcludedPorts = dynamic([80 , 443]);
let BinTime = 30s;

union `isfuzzy=true` (3 sources)

Each leg below queries one source; the rule matches if any leg does. Sources: AZFWApplicationRule, AZFWNetworkRule, AzureDiagnostics

Leg 1: `AZFWApplicationRule`

AZFWApplicationRule
| where DestinationPort !in (ExcludedPorts)
| summarize AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime = make_set(Fqdn) by SourceIp, bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), DestinationPort
| where array_length(AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime) > MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold
| mv-expand Fqdn = AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime

Leg 2: `AZFWNetworkRule`

AZFWNetworkRule
| extend Fqdn = DestinationIp
| where DestinationPort !in (ExcludedPorts)
| summarize AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime = make_set(Fqdn) by SourceIp, bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), DestinationPort
| where array_length(AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime) > MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold
| mv-expand Fqdn = AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime

Leg 3: `AzureDiagnostics`

AzureDiagnostics
| where OperationName == "AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog" or OperationName == "AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog"
| parse msg_s with * "from " SourceIp ":" SourcePort:int " to " Fqdn ":" DestinationPort:int ". " * "Action: " Action "." *
| where DestinationPort !in (ExcludedPorts)
| where isnotempty(Fqdn) and isnotempty(SourceIp) and isnotempty(DestinationPort)
| summarize AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime = make_set(Fqdn) by SourceIp, bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), DestinationPort
| where array_length(AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime) > MinimumDifferentHostsThreshold
| mv-expand Fqdn = AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime

Applied to the combined result

| project bin(TimeGenerated, BinTime), SourceIp, DestinationPort, AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime, Fqdn

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

Field	Kind	Excluded values
`DestinationPort`	in	`443`, `80`
`DestinationPort`	in	`443`, `80`
`DestinationPort`	in	`443`, `80`

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime`	gt	`200` transforms: `array_length`
`DestinationPort`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)
`Fqdn`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)
`OperationName`	eq	`AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog` transforms: `cased` `AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog` transforms: `cased`
`SourceIp`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`AlertTimedCountHostsInBinTime`	`project`
`DestinationPort`	`project`
`Fqdn`	`project`
`SourceIp`	`project`

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`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
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`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
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`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
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`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

Port Sweep

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

union `isfuzzy=true` (3 sources)

Leg 1: `AZFWApplicationRule`

Leg 2: `AZFWNetworkRule`

Leg 3: `AzureDiagnostics`

Applied to the combined result

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

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Port Sweep

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

union isfuzzy=true (3 sources)

Leg 1: AZFWApplicationRule

Leg 2: AZFWNetworkRule

Leg 3: AzureDiagnostics

Applied to the combined result

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

union `isfuzzy=true` (3 sources)

Leg 1: `AZFWApplicationRule`

Leg 2: `AZFWNetworkRule`

Leg 3: `AzureDiagnostics`