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AV detections related to Tarrask malware

Description

'This query looks for Microsoft Defender AV detections related to Tarrask malware. In Microsoft Sentinel, the SecurityAlerts table includes only the Device Name of the affected device, this query joins the DeviceInfo table to clearly connect other information such as Device group, ip, logged-on users etc. This would allow the Microsoft Sentinel analyst to have more context related to the alert, if available. Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/04/12/tarrask-malware-uses-scheduled-tasks-for-defense-evasion/'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.4
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
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 Tarrask_threats = dynamic(["HackTool:Win64/Tarrask!MS", "HackTool:Win64/Ligolo!MSR", "Behavior:Win32/ScheduledTaskHide.A", "Tarrask"]);
DeviceInfo
| extend DeviceName = tolower(DeviceName)
| join kind=rightouter ( SecurityAlert
| where ProviderName =~ "MDATP"
| extend ThreatName = tostring(parse_json(ExtendedProperties).ThreatName)
| extend ThreatFamilyName = tostring(parse_json(ExtendedProperties).ThreatFamilyName)
| where ThreatName in~ (Tarrask_threats) or ThreatFamilyName in~ (Tarrask_threats)
| extend CompromisedEntity = tolower(CompromisedEntity)
) on $left.DeviceName == $right.CompromisedEntity
| summarize by DisplayName, ThreatName, ThreatFamilyName, PublicIP, AlertSeverity, Description, tostring(LoggedOnUsers), DeviceId, TenantId , bin(TimeGenerated, 1d), CompromisedEntity, tostring(LoggedOnUsers), ProductName, Entities
| extend HostName = tostring(split(CompromisedEntity, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(CompromisedEntity, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(CompromisedEntity, DomainIndex + 1), CompromisedEntity)

Declared entities

HostIP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
1785d372-b9fe-4283-96a6-3a1d83cabfd1
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Defender XDR/Analytic Rules/AVTarrask.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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