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Unauthorized remote access to the network (Microsoft Defender for IoT)

Description

'This alert leverages Defender for IoT to detect unauthorized remote access to network devices, if another device on the network is compromised, target devices can be accessed remotely, increasing the attack surface.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
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.

SecurityAlert
| where ProviderName == "IoTSecurity"
| where AlertName == "Unauthorized SSH Access"
| extend ExtendedProperties = parse_json(ExtendedProperties)
| where tostring(ExtendedProperties.isNew) == "True"
| extend DeviceId = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DeviceId), 
         SourceDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.SourceDeviceAddress), 
         DestDeviceAddress = tostring(ExtendedProperties.DestinationDeviceAddress), 
         RemediationSteps = tostring(parse_json(RemediationSteps)[0]), 
         Protocol = tostring(ExtendedProperties.Protocol), 
         AlertManagementUri = tostring(ExtendedProperties.AlertManagementUri)
| project
  TimeGenerated,
  DeviceId,
  ProductName,
  ProductComponentName,
  AlertSeverity,
  AlertName,
  Description,
  Protocol,
  SourceDeviceAddress,
  DestDeviceAddress,
  RemediationSteps,
  Tactics,
  Entities,
  VendorOriginalId,
  AlertLink,
  AlertManagementUri,
  Techniques

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
1ff4fa3d-150b-4c87-b733-26c289af0d49
Additional source files 2Solutions/IoTOTThreatMonitoringwithDefenderforIoT/Analytic Rules/IoTUnauthorizedRemoteAccess.yamlsource ↗Solutions/IoTOTThreatMonitoringwithDefenderforIoT/Data/Solution_IoTOTThreatMonitoringwithDefenderforIoT.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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