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Security Event log cleared

Status
available
Severity
medium
Time window
1d
Group by
Account, Activity, Computer, EventID
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Checks for event id 1102 which indicates the security event log was cleared. It uses Event Source Name "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog" to avoid generating false positives from other sources, like AD FS servers for instance.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Stealth

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

id: 80da0a8f-cfe1-4cd0-a895-8bc1771a720e
name: Security Event log cleared
description: |
  'Checks for event id 1102 which indicates the security event log was cleared.
  It uses Event Source Name "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog" to avoid generating false positives from other sources, like AD FS servers for instance.'
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: SecurityEvents
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityEvent
  - connectorId: WindowsSecurityEvents
    dataTypes:
      - SecurityEvent
  - connectorId: WindowsForwardedEvents
    dataTypes:
      - WindowsEvent
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - DefenseEvasion
relevantTechniques:
  - T1070
query: |
  (union isfuzzy=true
  (
  SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 1102 and EventSourceName =~ "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog"
  | summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), EventCount = count() by Computer, Account, EventID, Activity
  ),
  (
  WindowsEvent
  | where EventID == 1102 and Provider =~ "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog"
  | extend Account =  strcat(tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName),"\\", tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName))
  | extend Activity= "1102 - The audit log was cleared."
  | summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), EventCount = count() by Computer, Account, EventID, Activity
  )
  )
  | extend Name=tostring(split(Account, "@")[0]), UPNSuffix=tostring(split(Account, "@")[1])
  | extend HostName = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,0,indexof(Computer,'.')),Computer) , DnsDomain = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,indexof(Computer,'.')+1),'')
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Computer
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
      - identifier: DnsDomain
        columnName: DnsDomain
version: 1.1.5
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

union isfuzzy=true (2 sources)

Each leg below queries one source; the rule matches if any leg does. Sources: SecurityEvent, WindowsEvent

Leg 1: SecurityEvent

SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 1102 and EventSourceName =~ "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog"
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), EventCount = count() by Computer, Account, EventID, Activity

Leg 2: WindowsEvent

WindowsEvent
| where EventID == 1102 and Provider =~ "Microsoft-Windows-Eventlog"
| extend Account =  strcat(tostring(EventData.SubjectDomainName),"\\", tostring(EventData.SubjectUserName))
| extend Activity= "1102 - The audit log was cleared."
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), EventCount = count() by Computer, Account, EventID, Activity

Applied to the combined result

| extend Name=tostring(split(Account, "@")[0]), UPNSuffix=tostring(split(Account, "@")[1])
| extend HostName = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,0,indexof(Computer,'.')),Computer) , DnsDomain = iif(Computer has '.',substring(Computer,indexof(Computer,'.')+1),'')

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
Accountsummarize
Activitysummarize
Computersummarize
EndTimeUtcsummarize
EventCountsummarize
EventIDsummarize
StartTimeUtcsummarize
Nameextend
UPNSuffixextend
DnsDomainextend
HostNameextend