F&O - Mass update or deletion of user records

Status: available
Severity: medium
Time window: 1h
Group by: LogType, TableName, Username
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies large delete or update operations on Finance & Operations user records based on predefined thresholds.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Impact	`T1485` Data Destruction, `T1491` Defacement, `T1565` Data Manipulation

Rule body kusto

id: 5ab00fbb-ba2c-44dc-b02e-f119639b9a11
kind: Scheduled
name: F&O - Mass update or deletion of user records
description: Identifies large delete or update operations on Finance & Operations
  user records based on predefined thresholds.
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Dynamics365Finance
    dataTypes:
      - FinanceOperationsActivity_CL
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Impact
relevantTechniques:
  - T1485
  - T1565
  - T1491
query: |
  // Set threshold for number of updated or deleted records
  let update_detection_threshold = 50;
  let deleted_detection_threshold = 10;
  FinanceOperationsActivity_CL
  | where TableName == "UserInfo" and LogType in ("Update", "Delete")
  | summarize
      TotalEvents = count(),
      StartTime = min(LogCreatedDateTime),
      EndTime = max(LogCreatedDateTime)
      by TableName, Username, LogType
  | where (LogType == "Update" and TotalEvents > update_detection_threshold) or (LogType == "Delete" and TotalEvents > deleted_detection_threshold)
  | extend FinOpsAppId = 32780
  | project StartTime, EndTime, Username, LogType, TableName, TotalEvents, FinOpsAppId
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: SingleAlert
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Username
  - entityType: CloudApplication
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: AppId
        columnName: FinOpsAppId
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: F&O - many user account records deleted
  alertDescriptionFormat: '{{TotalEvents}} user records deleted in F&O by user {{Username}}'
version: 3.2.0

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let update_detection_threshold = 50;
let deleted_detection_threshold = 10;

Stage 1: `source`

FinanceOperationsActivity_CL

Stage 2: `where`

| where TableName == "UserInfo" and LogType in ("Update", "Delete")

Stage 3: `summarize`

| summarize
    TotalEvents = count(),
    StartTime = min(LogCreatedDateTime),
    EndTime = max(LogCreatedDateTime)
    by TableName, Username, LogType

Stage 4: `where`

| where (LogType == "Update" and TotalEvents > update_detection_threshold) or (LogType == "Delete" and TotalEvents > deleted_detection_threshold)

Stage 5: `extend`

| extend FinOpsAppId = 32780

Stage 6: `project`

| project StartTime, EndTime, Username, LogType, TableName, TotalEvents, FinOpsAppId

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
`LogType`	eq	`Delete` transforms: `cased` `Update` transforms: `cased`
`LogType`	in	`Delete` transforms: `cased` `Update` transforms: `cased`
`TableName`	eq	`UserInfo` transforms: `cased`
`TotalEvents`	gt	`10` transforms: `cased` `50` transforms: `cased`

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
`EndTime`	`project`
`FinOpsAppId`	`project`
`LogType`	`project`
`StartTime`	`project`
`TableName`	`project`
`TotalEvents`	`project`
`Username`	`project`

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`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)
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`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`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`
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`-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)

F&O - Mass update or deletion of user records

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `summarize`

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `extend`

Stage 6: `project`

Indicators

Output fields

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F&O - Mass update or deletion of user records

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: summarize

Stage 4: where

Stage 5: extend

Stage 6: project

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `summarize`

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `extend`

Stage 6: `project`