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Cayosoft Guardian - Cloud Application Security Threats
Creates Microsoft Sentinel incidents for cloud application and Microsoft Entra ID service principal security threats reported by Cayosoft Guardian. Incident severity is determined dynamically based on the severity of the detected threat. This rule complements the Core Identity and Infrastructure Threats rule, which covers all other Cayosoft Guardian threat types not included in this rule. Alerts with the same Cayosoft ThreatId are grouped into a single incident within a 1-day lookback window. Each alert includes a link to the Cayosoft Threat Directory for guidance on remediation.
Rule body
id: e6f6c71c-f1fd-473b-9129-249db5d7462c
name: Cayosoft Guardian - Cloud Application Security Threats
description: |
Creates Microsoft Sentinel incidents for cloud application and Microsoft Entra ID service principal security threats reported by Cayosoft Guardian. Incident severity is determined dynamically based on the severity of the detected threat.
This rule complements the Core Identity and Infrastructure Threats rule, which covers all other Cayosoft Guardian threat types not included in this rule.
Alerts with the same Cayosoft ThreatId are grouped into a single incident within a 1-day lookback window. Each alert includes a link to the Cayosoft Threat Directory for guidance on remediation.
contentId: CayosoftGuardianCloudAppAlerts
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: CayosoftGuardianConnector
dataTypes:
- CayosoftThreatAlerts_CL
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
suppressionDuration: 1h
suppressionEnabled: false
severity: Medium
tactics: []
relevantTechniques: []
query: |
// ATTENTION: ruleFrequency must match the "queryFrequency" value in the rule's scheduling settings!
// ATTENTION: lookbackPeriod must match the "queryPeriod" value in the rule's scheduling settings!
// If you change one, change both, in every location, or you will reintroduce duplicate alerts.
// Pattern reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sentinel/ingestion-delay
let ruleFrequency = 1h;
let lookbackPeriod = 1d;
let window_end = bin(now(), ruleFrequency);
let window_start = window_end - ruleFrequency;
CayosoftThreatAlerts_CL
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(lookbackPeriod)
| where ingestion_time() > window_start and ingestion_time() <= window_end
| extend ParsedCategories = todynamic(Categories)
| extend TargetObjectTypeNormalized = tostring(TargetObjectType)
| extend TargetLocationNormalized = tostring(TargetLocation)
| mv-apply Cat = ParsedCategories on (
summarize Values = make_list(tostring(Cat.value)) by Key = iff(tostring(Cat.name) startswith 'MITRE ATT', 'MITRE ATT&CK', tostring(Cat.name))
| summarize CleanCategories = make_bag(pack(Key, strcat_array(Values, ', ')))
)
| extend Tactics = iff(isnotempty(CleanCategories['Attack tactics']), split(replace_string(tostring(CleanCategories['Attack tactics']), ' ', ''), ','), dynamic([]))
| extend Techniques = iff(isnotempty(CleanCategories['MITRE ATT&CK']), extract_all(@"(T\d{4})", tostring(CleanCategories['MITRE ATT&CK'])), dynamic([]))
| extend ExtractedDomain = tostring(split(TargetLocationNormalized, '/')[0])
| extend IsEntra = TargetObjectTypeNormalized startswith 'microsoft.graph'
| extend IsAD = TargetObjectTypeNormalized startswith 'microsoft.ad' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'ServiceAccount'
| extend IsGMSA = TargetObjectTypeNormalized contains 'ManagedServiceAccount'
| extend ParsedUser = case(
TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'ServiceAccount' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'inetOrgPerson', TargetObjectName,
extract("member\\s+'([^']+)'", 1, Subject)
)
| extend TargetAccountAadUserId = iff(IsEntra and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user', TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetAccountName = case(
IsEntra and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user', iff(ParsedUser contains '@', tostring(split(ParsedUser, '@')[0]), ParsedUser),
IsAD and (TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'foreignSecurityPrincipal' or IsGMSA), TargetObjectName,
IsAD and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'directoryObject', TargetObjectName,
isnotempty(ParsedUser), iff(ParsedUser contains '@', tostring(split(ParsedUser, '@')[0]), ParsedUser),
dynamic(null)
)
| extend TargetAccountObjectGuid = iff(IsAD and (TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'foreignSecurityPrincipal' or IsGMSA), TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetHostName = iff(TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'computer' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'device', TargetObjectName, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetHostDomain = iff(IsAD and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'computer', ExtractedDomain, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetHostAzureID = iff(IsEntra and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'device', TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend RawPath = iff(TargetLocationNormalized contains '/', substring(TargetLocationNormalized, indexof(TargetLocationNormalized, '/') + 1), '')
// Convert domain
| extend DomainDN = strcat('DC=', replace_string(ExtractedDomain, '.', ',DC='))
// Smart path processing
| extend PathDN = case(
isempty(RawPath), '',
RawPath has_any ('Builtin', 'Users', 'Computers', 'ForeignSecurityPrincipals', 'Managed Service Accounts'), strcat('CN=', replace_string(RawPath, '/', ',CN=')),
strcat('OU=', replace_string(RawPath, '/', ',OU='))
)
// Assemble the final DistinguishedName and Name for the group
| extend TargetGroupName = iff(TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'group', TargetObjectName, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetGroupDistinguishedName = iff(
TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'group',
strcat('CN=', TargetObjectName, iff(isnotempty(PathDN), strcat(',', PathDN), ''), ',', DomainDN),
dynamic(null)
)
| extend TargetGroupObjectGuid = iff(TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'group', TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetDNSName = case(
IsAD and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'trustedDomain', TargetObjectName,
isnotempty(TargetLocationNormalized), ExtractedDomain,
dynamic(null)
)
| extend ThreatDocUrl = tolower( strcat('https://www.cayosoft.com/threat-directory/', ThreatId, '/'))
| extend AlertSeverity = case(
Severity == 'high', 'High',
Severity == 'medium', 'Medium',
Severity == 'low', 'Low',
Severity == 'informational', 'Informational',
'Informational'
)
| project-away Categories, ParsedCategories
| project-rename Categories = CleanCategories
| where IsEntra and (TargetObjectType has 'application' or TargetObjectType has 'servicePrincipal')
| extend TargetCloudAppName = TargetObjectName
| extend TargetCloudAppId = TargetObjectId
eventGroupingSettings:
aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
incidentConfiguration:
createIncident: true
groupingConfiguration:
enabled: true
reopenClosedIncident: false
lookbackDuration: P1D
matchingMethod: Selected
groupByCustomDetails:
- ThreatId
alertDetailsOverride:
alertDisplayNameFormat: "{{Subject}}"
alertDescriptionFormat: "Details: {{ThreatDocUrl}}"
alertTacticsColumnName: Tactics
alertSeverityColumnName: AlertSeverity
alertDynamicProperties:
- alertProperty: AlertLink
value: ThreatDocUrl
- alertProperty: Techniques
value: Techniques
customDetails:
ThreatId: ThreatId
Categories: Categories
Evidence: Evidence
Where: TargetLocation
TargetName: TargetObjectName
TargetType: TargetObjectType
CreatedDateTime: CreatedDateTime
RemediationComplex: RemediationComplexity
ThreatDocUrl: ThreatDocUrl
entityMappings:
- entityType: CloudApplication
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Name
columnName: TargetCloudAppName
- entityType: DNS
fieldMappings:
- identifier: DomainName
columnName: TargetDNSName
version: 1.0.0
kind: Scheduled
Stages and Predicates
Parameters
let ruleFrequency = 1h;
let lookbackPeriod = 1d;
let window_end = bin(now(), ruleFrequency);
let window_start = window_end - ruleFrequency;
Stage 1: source
CayosoftThreatAlerts_CL
Stage 2: where
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(lookbackPeriod)
Stage 3: where
| where ingestion_time() > window_start and ingestion_time() <= window_end
Stage 4: extend (3 consecutive steps)
| extend ParsedCategories = todynamic(Categories)
| extend TargetObjectTypeNormalized = tostring(TargetObjectType)
| extend TargetLocationNormalized = tostring(TargetLocation)
Stage 5: kusto:mv-apply
| mv-apply Cat = ParsedCategories on (
summarize Values = make_list(tostring(Cat.value)) by Key = iff(tostring(Cat.name) startswith 'MITRE ATT', 'MITRE ATT&CK', tostring(Cat.name))
| summarize CleanCategories = make_bag(pack(Key, strcat_array(Values, ', ')))
)
Stage 6: extend (22 consecutive steps)
| extend Tactics = iff(isnotempty(CleanCategories['Attack tactics']), split(replace_string(tostring(CleanCategories['Attack tactics']), ' ', ''), ','), dynamic([]))
| extend Techniques = iff(isnotempty(CleanCategories['MITRE ATT&CK']), extract_all(@"(T\d{4})", tostring(CleanCategories['MITRE ATT&CK'])), dynamic([]))
| extend ExtractedDomain = tostring(split(TargetLocationNormalized, '/')[0])
| extend IsEntra = TargetObjectTypeNormalized startswith 'microsoft.graph'
| extend IsAD = TargetObjectTypeNormalized startswith 'microsoft.ad' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'ServiceAccount'
| extend IsGMSA = TargetObjectTypeNormalized contains 'ManagedServiceAccount'
| extend ParsedUser = case(
TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'ServiceAccount' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'inetOrgPerson', TargetObjectName,
extract("member\\s+'([^']+)'", 1, Subject)
)
| extend TargetAccountAadUserId = iff(IsEntra and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user', TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetAccountName = case(
IsEntra and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user', iff(ParsedUser contains '@', tostring(split(ParsedUser, '@')[0]), ParsedUser),
IsAD and (TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'foreignSecurityPrincipal' or IsGMSA), TargetObjectName,
IsAD and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'directoryObject', TargetObjectName,
isnotempty(ParsedUser), iff(ParsedUser contains '@', tostring(split(ParsedUser, '@')[0]), ParsedUser),
dynamic(null)
)
| extend TargetAccountObjectGuid = iff(IsAD and (TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'user' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'foreignSecurityPrincipal' or IsGMSA), TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetHostName = iff(TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'computer' or TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'device', TargetObjectName, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetHostDomain = iff(IsAD and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'computer', ExtractedDomain, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetHostAzureID = iff(IsEntra and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'device', TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend RawPath = iff(TargetLocationNormalized contains '/', substring(TargetLocationNormalized, indexof(TargetLocationNormalized, '/') + 1), '')
| extend DomainDN = strcat('DC=', replace_string(ExtractedDomain, '.', ',DC='))
| extend PathDN = case(
isempty(RawPath), '',
RawPath has_any ('Builtin', 'Users', 'Computers', 'ForeignSecurityPrincipals', 'Managed Service Accounts'), strcat('CN=', replace_string(RawPath, '/', ',CN=')),
strcat('OU=', replace_string(RawPath, '/', ',OU='))
)
| extend TargetGroupName = iff(TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'group', TargetObjectName, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetGroupDistinguishedName = iff(
TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'group',
strcat('CN=', TargetObjectName, iff(isnotempty(PathDN), strcat(',', PathDN), ''), ',', DomainDN),
dynamic(null)
)
| extend TargetGroupObjectGuid = iff(TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'group', TargetObjectId, dynamic(null))
| extend TargetDNSName = case(
IsAD and TargetObjectTypeNormalized has 'trustedDomain', TargetObjectName,
isnotempty(TargetLocationNormalized), ExtractedDomain,
dynamic(null)
)
| extend ThreatDocUrl = tolower( strcat('https://www.cayosoft.com/threat-directory/', ThreatId, '/'))
| extend AlertSeverity = case(
Severity == 'high', 'High',
Severity == 'medium', 'Medium',
Severity == 'low', 'Low',
Severity == 'informational', 'Informational',
'Informational'
)
Tactics =if
isnotempty(Attack tactics)split(replace_string(tostring(CleanCategories["Attack tactics"]), ' ', ''), ',')else
dynamic([])Stage 7: project-away
| project-away Categories, ParsedCategories
Stage 8: project-rename
| project-rename Categories = CleanCategories
Stage 9: where
| where IsEntra and (TargetObjectType has 'application' or TargetObjectType has 'servicePrincipal')
Stage 10: extend
| extend TargetCloudAppName = TargetObjectName
Stage 11: extend
| extend TargetCloudAppId = TargetObjectId
Stage 12: summarize aggregation inside the mv-apply branch
summarize by Key
Stage 13: summarize aggregation inside the mv-apply branch
summarize
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
TargetObjectType | match |
| field:"TargetObjectType" kind:match |