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Suspicious malware found in the network (Microsoft Defender for IoT)

Description

'This alert leverages Defender for IoT to detect IoT/OT malware found on the network indicating possible attempts to compromise production systems.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
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.

let alertList = dynamic(["Malware", "Suspicion of Malicious Activity", "Invalid SMB Message (DoublePulsar Backdoor Implant)", "Connection Attempt to Known Malicious IP", "Malicious Domain Name Request", "Suspicion of Remote Code Execution with PsExec", "Suspicion of Remote Windows Service Management", "Suspicious Executable File Detected on Endpoint", "Suspicious Traffic Detected"]);
SecurityAlert
| where ProviderName == "IoTSecurity"
| where AlertName has_any (alertList) 
| 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

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
6fb1acd5-356d-40f7-9b97-78d993c6a183
Additional source files 2Solutions/IoTOTThreatMonitoringwithDefenderforIoT/Analytic Rules/IoTMalware.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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