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AV detections related to Zinc actors
Description
'This query looks for Microsoft Defender AV detections related to Zinc threat actor. 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, 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/2022/09/29/zinc-weaponizing-open-source-software/'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.2
- 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 Zinc_threats = dynamic(["Trojan:Win32/ZetaNile.A", "Trojan:Win32/EventHorizon.A", "Trojan:Win32/FoggyBrass.A", "Trojan:Win32/FoggyBrass.B", "Trojan:Win32/PhantomStar.A","Trojan:Win32/PhantomStar.C","TrojanDropper:Win32/PhantomStar.A"]);
DeviceInfo
| extend DeviceName = tolower(DeviceName)
| join kind=inner ( SecurityAlert
| where ProviderName == "MDATP"
| extend ThreatName = tostring(parse_json(ExtendedProperties).ThreatName)
| extend ThreatFamilyName = tostring(parse_json(ExtendedProperties).ThreatFamilyName)
| where ThreatName in~ (Zinc_threats) or ThreatFamilyName in~ (Zinc_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)[0]), DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(CompromisedEntity, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))
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
3705158d-e008-49c9-92dd-e538e1549090
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC