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Workspace deletion activity from an infected device

Description

'This query will alert on any sign-ins from devices infected with malware in correlation with workspace deletion activity. Attackers may attempt to delete workspaces containing compute instances after successful compromise to cause service unavailability to regular business operation.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.8
Query frequency
1d
Query period
14d
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.

SecurityAlert
| where TimeGenerated > ago(1d)
| where ProductName == "Azure Active Directory Identity Protection"
| where AlertName == "Sign-in from an infected device"
| mv-apply EntityAccount=todynamic(Entities) on
(
where EntityAccount.Type == "account"
| extend AadTenantId = tostring(EntityAccount.AadTenantId), AadUserId = tostring(EntityAccount.AadUserId)
)
| mv-apply EntityIp=todynamic(Entities) on
(
where EntityIp.Type == "ip"
| extend IpAddress = tostring(EntityIp.Address)
)
| join kind=inner (
IdentityInfo
| distinct AccountTenantId, AccountObjectId, AccountUPN, AccountDisplayName
| extend UserAccount = AccountUPN
| extend UserName = AccountDisplayName
| where isnotempty(AccountDisplayName) and isnotempty(UserAccount)
| project AccountTenantId, AccountObjectId, UserAccount, UserName
)
on
$left.AadTenantId == $right.AccountTenantId,
$left.AadUserId == $right.AccountObjectId
| extend CompromisedEntity = iff(CompromisedEntity == "N/A" or isempty(CompromisedEntity), UserAccount, CompromisedEntity)
| project  AlertName, AlertSeverity, CompromisedEntity, UserAccount, IpAddress, TimeGenerated, UserName
| join kind=inner 
(
AzureActivity
| where OperationNameValue has_any ("/workspaces/computes/delete", "workspaces/delete") 
| where ActivityStatusValue has_any ("Succeeded", "Success")
| project TimeGenerated, ResourceProviderValue, _ResourceId, SubscriptionId, UserAccount=Caller, IpAddress=CallerIpAddress, CorrelationId, OperationId, ResourceGroup, TenantId
) on IpAddress, UserAccount
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(UserAccount, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserAccount, "@")[1])

Declared entities

AccountIPAzureResource

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
a5b3429d-f1da-42b9-883c-327ecb7b91ff
Additional source files 1Detections/SecurityAlert/Suspicious_WorkSpaceDeletion_Attempt.yamlsource ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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