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Palo Alto - possible nmap scan on with top 100 option
Description
'Detect possible execution of Nmap top 100 option. This detection will detect scanning of 90% of Top 100 port of NMAP in less than 2 minutes. Unusual port only access through a scan are present in this list which is a good indicator of reconnaissance tactics. Whitelisting of Company scanners is required with implementation of the rule. Ref : https://nmap.org/book/performance-port-selection.html'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 5m
- Query period
- 5m
- 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.
CommonSecurityLog
| where ipv4_is_private(SourceIP)
| where DestinationPort in (7, 9, 13, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 37, 79, 81, 88, 106, 110, 111, 119, 135, 139, 143, 144, 179, 199, 389, 427, 444, 445, 465, 513, 514, 515, 543, 544, 548, 554, 587, 631, 646, 873, 990, 993, 995, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1110, 1433, 1720, 1723, 1755, 1900, 2000, 2001, 2049, 2121, 2717, 3000, 3128, 3306, 3389, 3986, 4899, 5000, 5009, 5051, 5060, 5101, 5190, 5357, 5432, 5631, 5666, 5800, 5900, 6000, 6001, 6646, 7070, 8000, 8008, 8009, 8080, 8081, 8443, 8888, 9100, 9999, 10000, 32768, 49152, 49153, 49154, 49155, 49156, 49157)
| summarize
dcount(DestinationPort),
make_set(DestinationPort),
make_set(ApplicationProtocol),
make_set(Activity),
make_set(SourcePort),
StartTime = min(TimeGenerated),
EndTime = max(TimeGenerated)
by SourceIP, DestinationIP, Computer, bin(TimeGenerated, 2m)
| where dcount_DestinationPort > 90
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
4d61bb9a-7f6d-45b1-ac0e-517e2a92f6fd
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC