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SlackAudit - Public link created for file which can contain sensitive information.
Description
'Detects public links created for files that may contain sensitive data such as passwords, authentication tokens,
secret keys, or private configuration files. Tune exclusions using the SlackAuditSensitiveFile_Allowlist_File and SlackAuditSensitiveFile_Allowlist_Account
watchlists when known benign files or accounts generate expected public-link activity.'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.1
- 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 AllowedFiles = toscalar(_GetWatchlist('SlackAuditSensitiveFile_Allowlist_File') | summarize make_set(tostring(SearchKey)));
let AllowedUsers = toscalar(_GetWatchlist('SlackAuditSensitiveFile_Allowlist_Account') | summarize make_set(tostring(SearchKey)));
SlackAudit
| where Action =~ 'file_public_link_created'
| extend FileNameLower = tolower(EntityFileName), UserLower = tolower(SrcUserName)
| where EntityFileName in~ ('id_rsa')
or FileNameLower has_any ('password', 'secret', 'token', 'credential', 'private key', 'api key')
or FileNameLower has_any ('.ssh', '.npmrc', '.muttrc', '.gitconfig', '.netrc', 'package.json', 'Gemfile', 'bower.json', 'config.gypi', 'travis.yml', 'config.json')
| where isempty(AllowedFiles) or EntityFileName !in~ (AllowedFiles)
| where isempty(AllowedUsers) or UserLower !in~ (AllowedUsers)
| extend AccountCustomEntity = SrcUserName
| extend IPCustomEntity = SrcIpAddr
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
279316e8-8965-47d2-9788-b94dc352c853
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC