Power Apps - App activity from unauthorized geo

Status: available
Severity: low
Time window: 14d
Group by: ActorName, AppId, AppName, EnvironmentId, EnvironmentName, IPAddress, SrcIpAddr
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies Power Apps activity from countries in a predefined list of unauthorized countries.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Initial Access	`T1078` Valid Accounts

Rule body kusto

id: 7ec1e61d-f3b7-4f40-bb1a-357a63913c23
kind: Scheduled
name: Power Apps - App activity from unauthorized geo
description: Identifies Power Apps activity from countries in a predefined list of
  unauthorized countries.
severity: Low
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: PowerPlatformAdmin
    dataTypes:
      - PowerPlatformAdminActivity
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
      - SigninLogs
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 14d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1078
query: |
  let unauthorized_country_codes = dynamic([
      // Specify the disallowed two letter country codes
      // example: disallowed_country_codes = dynamic(["RU", "KP", "IR"])
      ]);
  let query_frequency = 1h;
  let query_lookback = 14d;
  let powerapps_events = dynamic(["LaunchPowerApp", "AppDlpEvaluationResultChange", "UpdatePowerApp", "PublishPowerApp", "RecordScopesConsent", "CreatePowerApp", "PowerAppPermissionEdited", "PowerAppPermissionDeleted", "ImportExistingCanvasApp", "DeletePowerApp", "ImportNewCanvasApp", "PromotePowerAppVersion", "RemoveHeroApp", "DeletePowerAppVersion", "PublishSolutionCanvasAppVersion", "AdminModifyAppPermissions", "AdminModifyAppOwner", "AdminQuarantineApp", "AdminDeleteApp", "AdminSetAppBypassConsent", "PatchPowerApp"]);
  PowerPlatformAdminActivity
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)
  | where EventOriginalType in (powerapps_events)
  | extend Properties = tostring(PropertyCollection)
  | extend SrcIpAddr = extract(@'"enduser.ip_address","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
  | extend SrcIpAddr = iif(SrcIpAddr startswith '::ffff:', replace_string(SrcIpAddr, '::ffff:', ''), SrcIpAddr)
  | extend AppId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.power_app.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
  | extend AppId = tolower(replace_string(AppId, '/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apps/', ''))
  | extend
      AppName = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.power_app.display_name","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties),
      EnvironmentId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.environment.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties),
      EnvironmentName = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.environment.name","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
  | summarize FirstEvent = min(TimeGenerated) by ActorName, SrcIpAddr, AppName, AppId, EnvironmentId, EnvironmentName
  | join kind=inner (
      SigninLogs
      | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_lookback)
      | where Location in (unauthorized_country_codes)
      | summarize by IPAddress, Location)
      on $left.SrcIpAddr == $right.IPAddress
  | extend
      PowerAppsEntityId = 27593,
      DataverseId = 32780,
      AccountName = tostring(split(ActorName, '@')[0]),
      UPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorName, '@')[1])
  | project
      FirstEvent,
      ActorName,
      SrcIpAddr,
      Location,
      AppName,
      AppId,
      EnvironmentId,
      EnvironmentName,
      PowerAppsEntityId,
      AccountName,
      UPNSuffix
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: SingleAlert
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SrcIpAddr
  - entityType: CloudApplication
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: AppId
        columnName: PowerAppsEntityId
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AppName
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: Power Apps activity from an unauthorized location
  alertDescriptionFormat: 'User {{ActorName}} activity associated with app {{AppName}}
    from an unauthorized geolocation: {{Location}}'
customDetails:
  Environment: EnvironmentId
  App: AppId
  EnvironmentName: EnvironmentName
version: 3.2.0

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let query_frequency = 1h;
let query_lookback = 14d;

Let binding: `unauthorized_country_codes`

let unauthorized_country_codes = dynamic([
    ]);

Let binding: `powerapps_events`

let powerapps_events = dynamic(["LaunchPowerApp", "AppDlpEvaluationResultChange", "UpdatePowerApp", "PublishPowerApp", "RecordScopesConsent", "CreatePowerApp", "PowerAppPermissionEdited", "PowerAppPermissionDeleted", "ImportExistingCanvasApp", "DeletePowerApp", "ImportNewCanvasApp", "PromotePowerAppVersion", "RemoveHeroApp", "DeletePowerAppVersion", "PublishSolutionCanvasAppVersion", "AdminModifyAppPermissions", "AdminModifyAppOwner", "AdminQuarantineApp", "AdminDeleteApp", "AdminSetAppBypassConsent", "PatchPowerApp"]);

Stage 1: `source`

PowerPlatformAdminActivity

Stage 2: `where`

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency)

Stage 3: `where`

| where EventOriginalType in (powerapps_events)

References powerapps_events (defined above).

Stage 4: `extend` (6 consecutive steps)

| extend Properties = tostring(PropertyCollection)
| extend SrcIpAddr = extract(@'"enduser.ip_address","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
| extend SrcIpAddr = iif(SrcIpAddr startswith '::ffff:', replace_string(SrcIpAddr, '::ffff:', ''), SrcIpAddr)
| extend AppId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.power_app.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
| extend AppId = tolower(replace_string(AppId, '/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apps/', ''))
| extend
    AppName = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.power_app.display_name","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties),
    EnvironmentId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.environment.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties),
    EnvironmentName = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.environment.name","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)

Stage 5: `summarize`

| summarize FirstEvent = min(TimeGenerated) by ActorName, SrcIpAddr, AppName, AppId, EnvironmentId, EnvironmentName

Stage 6: `join`

| join kind=inner (
    SigninLogs
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_lookback)
    | where Location in (unauthorized_country_codes)
    | summarize by IPAddress, Location)
    on $left.SrcIpAddr == $right.IPAddress

Stage 7: `extend`

| extend
    PowerAppsEntityId = 27593,
    DataverseId = 32780,
    AccountName = tostring(split(ActorName, '@')[0]),
    UPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorName, '@')[1])

Stage 8: `project`

| project
    FirstEvent,
    ActorName,
    SrcIpAddr,
    Location,
    AppName,
    AppId,
    EnvironmentId,
    EnvironmentName,
    PowerAppsEntityId,
    AccountName,
    UPNSuffix

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
`EventOriginalType`	in	`AdminDeleteApp` transforms: `cased` `AdminModifyAppOwner` transforms: `cased` `AdminModifyAppPermissions` transforms: `cased` `AdminQuarantineApp` transforms: `cased` `AdminSetAppBypassConsent` transforms: `cased` `AppDlpEvaluationResultChange` transforms: `cased` `CreatePowerApp` transforms: `cased` `DeletePowerApp` transforms: `cased` `DeletePowerAppVersion` transforms: `cased` `ImportExistingCanvasApp` transforms: `cased` `ImportNewCanvasApp` transforms: `cased` `LaunchPowerApp` transforms: `cased` `PatchPowerApp` transforms: `cased` `PowerAppPermissionDeleted` transforms: `cased` `PowerAppPermissionEdited` transforms: `cased` `PromotePowerAppVersion` transforms: `cased` `PublishPowerApp` transforms: `cased` `PublishSolutionCanvasAppVersion` transforms: `cased` `RecordScopesConsent` transforms: `cased` `RemoveHeroApp` transforms: `cased` `UpdatePowerApp` transforms: `cased`
`Location`	in	`[]` 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
`AccountName`	`project`
`ActorName`	`project`
`AppId`	`project`
`AppName`	`project`
`EnvironmentId`	`project`
`EnvironmentName`	`project`
`FirstEvent`	`project`
`Location`	`project`
`PowerAppsEntityId`	`project`
`SrcIpAddr`	`project`
`UPNSuffix`	`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)
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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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`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`)
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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)

Power Apps - App activity from unauthorized geo

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: `unauthorized_country_codes`

Let binding: `powerapps_events`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend` (6 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: `summarize`

Stage 6: `join`

Stage 7: `extend`

Stage 8: `project`

Indicators

Output fields

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Power Apps - App activity from unauthorized geo

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: unauthorized_country_codes

Let binding: powerapps_events

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: where

Stage 4: extend (6 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: summarize

Stage 6: join

Stage 7: extend

Stage 8: project

Indicators

Output fields

Let binding: `unauthorized_country_codes`

Let binding: `powerapps_events`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend` (6 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: `summarize`

Stage 6: `join`

Stage 7: `extend`

Stage 8: `project`