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Detect Potential Kerberoast Activities

Description

This query aim to detect if someone requests service tickets (where count => maxcount) The query requires trimming to set a baseline level for MaxCount Mitre Technique: Kerberoasting (T1558.003) @MattiasBorg82
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let MaxCount = 70; //Number of requests per 2 minute timeframe, depending on org size.
IdentityLogonEvents
| where ActionType == "LogonSuccess"
| where Protocol == "Kerberos"
| extend json = todynamic(parse_json(tostring(AdditionalFields)))
| extend SPN = json.Spns,
       AttackTechniques = json.AttackTechniques
      | project-away json
| where isnotempty(SPN)
| where AttackTechniques has "T1558.003"
| mv-expand SPN
        | extend SPNType = tostring(extract(@"^\w+",0,tostring(SPN)))
| distinct tostring(SPN), DeviceName, AccountUpn, AccountSid, bin(TimeGenerated, 2m), ReportId, tostring(AttackTechniques)
| summarize count(), SPNS=(make_list(SPN, 100000)),ReportId=tostring((make_list(ReportId, 100000))[0]) by AccountUpn,AccountSid,DeviceName, bin(TimeGenerated, 2m), tostring(AttackTechniques)
| extend SPNS = (replace_regex(tostring(SPNS), @'[^\w+-\/]+', '')) 
| where count_ >= MaxCount
| extend HostName = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, 0, indexof(DeviceName, '.')), DeviceName)
| extend DnsDomain = iff(DeviceName has '.', substring(DeviceName, indexof(DeviceName, '.') + 1), "")
| extend AccountDomain = tostring(split(AccountUpn, '@')[1]), AccountName = tostring(split(AccountUpn, '@')[0])

Declared entities

HostAccount

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
12134de5-361b-427c-a1a0-d43f40a593c4
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Analytic Rules/Execution/PotentialKerberoastActivities.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Data/Solution_Microsoft Defender XDR.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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