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Port scan detected (ASIM Network Session schema)
Description
'This rule identifies a possible port scan, in which a single source tries to access a large number of different ports is a short time frame. This may indicate that a [port scanner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_scanner) is trying to identify open ports in order to penetrate a system.
This analytic rule uses [ASIM](https://aka.ms/AboutASIM) and supports any built-in or custom source that supports the ASIM NetworkSession schema'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.6
- 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 PortScanThreshold = 50;
_Im_NetworkSession
| where ipv4_is_private(SrcIpAddr) == False
| where SrcIpAddr !in ("127.0.0.1", "::1")
| summarize AttemptedPortsCount=dcount(DstPortNumber), AttemptedPorts=make_set(DstPortNumber, 100), ReportedBy=make_set(strcat(EventVendor, "/", EventProduct), 20) by SrcIpAddr, bin(TimeGenerated, 5m)
| where AttemptedPortsCount > PortScanThreshold
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
1da9853f-3dea-4ea9-b7e5-26730da3d537
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC