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Zoom Rare Video Devices

Status
experimental
Author
Marissa Bower, Raven Tait
Source
github.com/splunk/security_content

Detects rare video devices from Zoom logs. Actors performing Remote Employment Fraud (REF) typically use unusual device information compared to a majority of employees. Detecting this activity requires careful analysis, regular review, and a thorough understanding of the audio and video devices commonly used within your environment.

Known false positives

  • This is a hunting query meant to identify rare video devices.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

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Rule body

name: Zoom Rare Video Devices
id: 9b2b819d-c76b-4dc6-bd3d-148edb8de83e
version: 3
creation_date: '2025-06-12'
modification_date: '2026-05-13'
author: Marissa Bower, Raven Tait
status: experimental
type: Hunting
description: Detects rare video devices from Zoom logs. Actors performing Remote Employment Fraud (REF) typically use unusual device information compared to a majority of employees. Detecting this activity requires careful analysis, regular review, and a thorough understanding of the audio and video devices commonly used within your environment.
data_source: []
search: |-
    `zoom_index` camera=* NOT (camera=*iPhone* OR camera="*FaceTime*" OR speaker="*AirPods*" OR camera="*MacBook*" OR microphone="*MacBook Pro Microphone*")
      | rare camera limit=50
      | `zoom_rare_video_devices_filter`
how_to_implement: The analytic leverages Zoom logs to be ingested using Splunk Connect for Zoom (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4961)
known_false_positives: This is a hunting query meant to identify rare video devices.
analytic_story:
    - Remote Employment Fraud
asset_type: Identity
mitre_attack_id:
    - T1123
product:
    - Splunk Enterprise
    - Splunk Enterprise Security
    - Splunk Cloud
category: application
security_domain: identity

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: search

`zoom_index` camera=* NOT (camera=*iPhone* OR camera="*FaceTime*" OR speaker="*AirPods*" OR camera="*MacBook*" OR microphone="*MacBook Pro Microphone*")

Stage 2: rare

| rare camera limit=50

Stage 3: search

| `zoom_rare_video_devices_filter`

Exclusions

The rule actively suppresses these predicates.

FieldKindExcluded valuesSearch
cameraeq*iPhone*excludes:camera field:"camera" value:"*iPhone*"
cameraeq"*FaceTime*"excludes:camera
cameraeq"*MacBook*"excludes:camera
microphoneeq"*MacBook Pro Microphone*"excludes:microphone
speakereq"*AirPods*"excludes:speaker

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.