Suspicious malware found in the network (Microsoft Defender for IoT)

Status: available
Severity: high
Time window: 5m
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'This alert leverages Defender for IoT to detect IoT/OT malware found on the network indicating possible attempts to compromise production systems.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Impact	`T0882` Theft of Operational Information

Rule body

id: 6fb1acd5-356d-40f7-9b97-78d993c6a183
name: Suspicious malware found in the network (Microsoft Defender for IoT)
description: |
  'This alert leverages Defender for IoT to detect IoT/OT malware found on the network indicating possible attempts to compromise production systems.'
severity: High
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: IoT
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityAlert (ASC for IoT)
queryFrequency: 5m
queryPeriod: 5m
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Impact
relevantTechniques:
  - T0882
query: |
  let alertList = dynamic(["Malware", "Suspicion of Malicious Activity", "Invalid SMB Message (DoublePulsar Backdoor Implant)", "Connection Attempt to Known Malicious IP", "Malicious Domain Name Request", "Suspicion of Remote Code Execution with PsExec", "Suspicion of Remote Windows Service Management", "Suspicious Executable File Detected on Endpoint", "Suspicious Traffic Detected"]);
  SecurityAlert
  | where ProviderName == "IoTSecurity"
  | where AlertName has_any (alertList) 
  | extend ExtendedProperties = parse_json(ExtendedProperties)
  | where tostring(ExtendedProperties.isNew) == "True"
  | extend DeviceId = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DeviceId), 
           SourceDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.SourceDeviceAddress), 
           DestDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DestinationDeviceAddress), 
           RemediationSteps = tostring(parse_json(RemediationSteps)[0]), 
           Protocol = tostring(ExtendedProperties.Protocol), 
           AlertManagementUri = tostring(ExtendedProperties.AlertManagementUri)
  | project
    TimeGenerated,
    DeviceId,
    ProductName,
    ProductComponentName,
    AlertSeverity,
    AlertName,
    Description,
    Protocol,
    SourceDeviceAddress,
    DestDeviceAddress,
    RemediationSteps,
    Tactics,
    Entities,
    VendorOriginalId,
    AlertLink,
    AlertManagementUri,
    Techniques
entityMappings:
sentinelEntitiesMappings:
  - columnName: Entities
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
customDetails:
  Sensor: DeviceId
  Protocol: Protocol
  VendorOriginalId: VendorOriginalId
  AlertManagementUri: AlertManagementUri
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: (MDIoT) {{AlertName}}
  alertDescriptionFormat: (MDIoT) {{Description}}
  alertTacticsColumnName: Tactics
  alertSeverityColumnName: AlertSeverity
  alertDynamicProperties: 
    - alertProperty: ProductName
      value: ProductName
    - alertProperty: RemediationSteps
      value: RemediationSteps
    - alertProperty: Techniques
      value: Techniques
    - alertProperty: ProductComponentName
      value: ProductComponentName
    - alertProperty: AlertLink
      value: AlertLink
version: 1.0.3
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: `alertList` used in Stage 3

let alertList = dynamic(["Malware", "Suspicion of Malicious Activity", "Invalid SMB Message (DoublePulsar Backdoor Implant)", "Connection Attempt to Known Malicious IP", "Malicious Domain Name Request", "Suspicion of Remote Code Execution with PsExec", "Suspicion of Remote Windows Service Management", "Suspicious Executable File Detected on Endpoint", "Suspicious Traffic Detected"]);

Stage 1: `source`

SecurityAlert

Stage 2: `where`

| where ProviderName == "IoTSecurity"

Stage 3: `where`

| where AlertName has_any (alertList)

Stage 4: `extend`

| extend ExtendedProperties = parse_json(ExtendedProperties)

Stage 5: `where`

| where tostring(ExtendedProperties.isNew) == "True"

Stage 6: `extend`

| extend DeviceId = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DeviceId), 
         SourceDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.SourceDeviceAddress), 
         DestDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DestinationDeviceAddress), 
         RemediationSteps = tostring(parse_json(RemediationSteps)[0]), 
         Protocol = tostring(ExtendedProperties.Protocol), 
         AlertManagementUri = tostring(ExtendedProperties.AlertManagementUri)

Stage 7: `project`

| project
  TimeGenerated,
  DeviceId,
  ProductName,
  ProductComponentName,
  AlertSeverity,
  AlertName,
  Description,
  Protocol,
  SourceDeviceAddress,
  DestDeviceAddress,
  RemediationSteps,
  Tactics,
  Entities,
  VendorOriginalId,
  AlertLink,
  AlertManagementUri,
  Techniques

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Field	Kind	Values	Search
`AlertName`	match	`Connection Attempt to Known Malicious IP` transforms: `term` `Invalid SMB Message (DoublePulsar Backdoor Implant)` transforms: `term` `Malicious Domain Name Request` transforms: `term` `Malware` transforms: `term` `Suspicion of Malicious Activity` transforms: `term` `Suspicion of Remote Code Execution with PsExec` transforms: `term` `Suspicion of Remote Windows Service Management` transforms: `term` `Suspicious Executable File Detected on Endpoint` transforms: `term` `Suspicious Traffic Detected` transforms: `term`	`field:"AlertName" kind:match`
`ProviderName`	eq	`IoTSecurity`	`field:"ProviderName" kind:eq value:"IoTSecurity"`
`isNew`	eq	`True` transforms: `tostring`	`field:"isNew" kind:eq value:"True"`

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

Field	Source
`AlertLink`	`project`
`AlertManagementUri`	`project`
`AlertName`	`project`
`AlertSeverity`	`project`
`Description`	`project`
`DestDeviceAddress`	`project`
`DeviceId`	`project`
`Entities`	`project`
`ProductComponentName`	`project`
`ProductName`	`project`
`Protocol`	`project`
`RemediationSteps`	`project`
`SourceDeviceAddress`	`project`
`Tactics`	`project`
`Techniques`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`project`
`VendorOriginalId`	`project`

Suspicious malware found in the network (Microsoft Defender for IoT)

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body

Stages and Predicates

Let binding: alertList used in Stage 3

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: where

Stage 4: extend

Stage 5: where

Stage 6: extend

Stage 7: project