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Dataverse - Export activity from terminated or notified employee

Status
available
Severity
medium
Time window
1d
Group by
ClientIp, InstanceUrl, UserId, UserPrincipalName, UserState
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

This query identifies Dataverse export activity triggered by terminated, or employees about to leave the organization. This analytics rule uses the TerminatedEmployees watchlist template.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

id: 0881b209-62c9-4b15-9f9a-e0c1d1b1eb7b
kind: Scheduled
name: Dataverse - Export activity from terminated or notified employee
description: This query identifies Dataverse export activity triggered by terminated,
  or employees about to leave the organization. This analytics rule uses the TerminatedEmployees
  watchlist template.
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Dataverse
    dataTypes:
      - DataverseActivity
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Exfiltration
relevantTechniques:
  - T1567
  - T1048
query: |
  // Set a time period before employee terminatation date to search for export events
  let termination_watch_period = 7d;
  let query_frequency = 1h;
  let exportEvents = dynamic(['ExportToExcel', 'ExportPdfDocument', 'ExportWordDocument', 'ExecutePowerBISql']);
  MSBizAppsTerminatedEmployees
  | where (UserState =~ "Terminated") or (UserState =~ "Notified" and TerminationDate <= startofday(now()) + termination_watch_period)
  | join kind=inner (DataverseActivity
      | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)
      | where Message in (exportEvents))
      on $left.UserPrincipalName == $right.UserId
  | summarize
      FirstEvent = min(TimeGenerated),
      LastEvent = max(TimeGenerated),
      Event = make_set(Message, 4)
      by UserId, InstanceUrl, ClientIp, UserState
  | extend
      CloudAppId = int(32780),
      AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[0]),
      UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[1])
  | project
      FirstEvent,
      LastEvent,
      UserId,
      ClientIp,
      UserState,
      InstanceUrl,
      CloudAppId,
      AccountName,
      UPNSuffix
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: ClientIp
  - entityType: CloudApplication
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: AppId
        columnName: CloudAppId
      - identifier: InstanceName
        columnName: InstanceUrl
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: 'Dataverse - Export events detected from a terminated employee
    in {{InstanceUrl}} '
  alertDescriptionFormat: Export events where employee state found matching {{UserState}}
    found in {{InstanceUrl}}.
version: 3.2.0

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let termination_watch_period = 7d;
let query_frequency = 1h;
let exportEvents = dynamic(['ExportToExcel', 'ExportPdfDocument', 'ExportWordDocument', 'ExecutePowerBISql']);

Stage 1: source

MSBizAppsTerminatedEmployees

Stage 2: where

| where (UserState =~ "Terminated") or (UserState =~ "Notified" and TerminationDate <= startofday(now()) + termination_watch_period)

Stage 3: join

| join kind=inner (DataverseActivity
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)
    | where Message in (exportEvents))
    on $left.UserPrincipalName == $right.UserId

Stage 4: summarize

| summarize
    FirstEvent = min(TimeGenerated),
    LastEvent = max(TimeGenerated),
    Event = make_set(Message, 4)
    by UserId, InstanceUrl, ClientIp, UserState

Stage 5: extend

| extend
    CloudAppId = int(32780),
    AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[0]),
    UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[1])

Stage 6: project

| project
    FirstEvent,
    LastEvent,
    UserId,
    ClientIp,
    UserState,
    InstanceUrl,
    CloudAppId,
    AccountName,
    UPNSuffix

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
Messagein
  • ExecutePowerBISql
  • ExportPdfDocument
  • ExportToExcel
  • ExportWordDocument
field:"Message" kind:in
UserStateeq
  • Notified
  • Terminated
field:"UserState" kind:eq

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
AccountNameproject
ClientIpproject
CloudAppIdproject
FirstEventproject
InstanceUrlproject
LastEventproject
UPNSuffixproject
UserIdproject
UserStateproject