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Anomaly in SMB Traffic(ASIM Network Session schema)
Description
'This detection detects abnormal SMB traffic, a file-sharing protocol. By calculating the average deviation of SMB connections over last 14 days, flagging sources exceeding 50 average deviations.'
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1d
- Query period
- 14d
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
// Define the threshold for deviation
let threshold = 50;
// Define the time range for the baseline data
let starttime = 14d;
let endtime = 1d;
// Define the SMB ports to monitor
let SMBPorts = dynamic(["139", "445"]);
// Get the baseline data for user network sessions and Filter for the defined time range
let userBaseline = _Im_NetworkSession(starttime=ago(starttime), endtime=ago(endtime))
| where ipv4_is_private(SrcIpAddr) and tostring(DstPortNumber) has_any (SMBPorts) and SrcIpAddr != DstIpAddr // Filter for private IP addresses and SMB ports
| summarize Count = count() by SrcIpAddr, DstPortNumber // Group by source IP and destination port
| summarize AvgCount = avg(Count) by SrcIpAddr, DstPortNumber; // Calculate the average count
// Get the recent user activity data and Filter for recent activity
let recentUserActivity = _Im_NetworkSession(starttime=ago(endtime))
| where ipv4_is_private(SrcIpAddr) and tostring(DstPortNumber) has_any (SMBPorts) and SrcIpAddr != DstIpAddr // Filter for private IP addresses and SMB ports
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), RecentCount = count() by SrcIpAddr, DstPortNumber; // Group by source IP and destination port
// Join the baseline and recent activity data
let UserBehaviorAnalysis = userBaseline
| join kind=inner (recentUserActivity) on SrcIpAddr, DstPortNumber
| extend Deviation = abs(RecentCount - AvgCount) / AvgCount; // Calculate the deviation
// Filter for deviations greater than the threshold
UserBehaviorAnalysis
| where Deviation > threshold
| project SrcIpAddr, DstPortNumber, Deviation, Count = RecentCount; // Project the required columns
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Source provenance
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- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
8717e498-7b5d-4e23-9e7c-fa4913dbfd79
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC