Power Platform - Connector added to a sensitive environment

Status: available
Severity: low
Time window: 7d
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies occurrences of new API connector creations within Power Platform, specifically targeting a predefined list of sensitive environments.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Exfiltration	`T1537` Transfer Data to Cloud Account, `T1567` Exfiltration Over Web Service
Execution	`T0871` Execution through API

Rule body kusto

id: 886a5655-3d12-42f1-8927-4095789c575e
kind: Scheduled
name: Power Platform - Connector added to a sensitive environment
description: Identifies occurrences of new API connector creations within Power Platform,
  specifically targeting a predefined list of sensitive environments.
severity: Low
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: PowerPlatformAdmin
    dataTypes:
      - PowerPlatformAdminActivity
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 7d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Execution
  - Exfiltration
relevantTechniques:
  - T0871
  - T1567
  - T1537
query: |
  let sensitive_environment_id = dynamic([
      // Specify the list of sensitive power platform environment ID's to monitor here.
      // Example: "10e72012-8886-41ec-b973-250286419b38", "183c7056-7ed0-426f-8ae6-69819cf72259"
      ]);
  let query_frequency = 11h;
  PowerPlatformAdminActivity
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago (query_frequency)
  | where EventOriginalType == "PutConnection"
  | extend Properties = tostring(PropertyCollection)
  | extend SrcIpAddr = extract(@'"enduser.ip_address","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
  | extend SrcIpAddr = iif(SrcIpAddr startswith '::ffff:', replace_string('::ffff:', '', SrcIpAddr), SrcIpAddr)
  | extend
      EnvironmentId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.environment.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties),
      ConnectionId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.connection.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
  | where EnvironmentId in~ (sensitive_environment_id)
  | extend
      AccountName = tostring(split(ActorName, "@")[0]),
      UPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorName, "@")[1])
  | project
      TimeGenerated,
      EventOriginalType,
      ActorName,
      SrcIpAddr,
      ConnectionId,
      EnvironmentId,
      AccountName,
      UPNSuffix
eventGroupingSettings:
  aggregationKind: SingleAlert
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SrcIpAddr
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: New Power Platform connector added in a sensitive environment
  alertDescriptionFormat: '{{ActorName}} added a new API connector in environment
    id {{EnvironmentId}}. This environment has been listed as sensitive.'
customDetails:
  Environment: EnvironmentId
  Connection: ConnectionId
version: 3.2.0

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let query_frequency = 11h;

Let binding: `sensitive_environment_id`

let sensitive_environment_id = dynamic([
    ]);

Stage 1: `source`

PowerPlatformAdminActivity

Stage 2: `where`

| where TimeGenerated >= ago (query_frequency)

Stage 3: `where`

| where EventOriginalType == "PutConnection"

Stage 4: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

| extend Properties = tostring(PropertyCollection)
| extend SrcIpAddr = extract(@'"enduser.ip_address","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)
| extend SrcIpAddr = iif(SrcIpAddr startswith '::ffff:', replace_string('::ffff:', '', SrcIpAddr), SrcIpAddr)
| extend
    EnvironmentId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.environment.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties),
    ConnectionId = extract(@'"powerplatform.analytics.resource.connection.id","Value":"([^"]+)"', 1, Properties)

Stage 5: `where`

| where EnvironmentId in~ (sensitive_environment_id)

References sensitive_environment_id (defined above).

Stage 6: `extend`

| extend
    AccountName = tostring(split(ActorName, "@")[0]),
    UPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorName, "@")[1])

Stage 7: `project`

| project
    TimeGenerated,
    EventOriginalType,
    ActorName,
    SrcIpAddr,
    ConnectionId,
    EnvironmentId,
    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
`EnvironmentId`	in	`[]`
`EventOriginalType`	eq	`PutConnection` 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`
`ConnectionId`	`project`
`EnvironmentId`	`project`
`EventOriginalType`	`project`
`SrcIpAddr`	`project`
`TimeGenerated`	`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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`-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"`
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`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 Platform - Connector added to a sensitive environment

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: `sensitive_environment_id`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: `where`

Stage 6: `extend`

Stage 7: `project`

Indicators

Output fields

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Power Platform - Connector added to a sensitive environment

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: sensitive_environment_id

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: where

Stage 4: extend (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: where

Stage 6: extend

Stage 7: project

Indicators

Output fields

Let binding: `sensitive_environment_id`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: `where`

Stage 6: `extend`

Stage 7: `project`