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ProofpointPOD - Multiple archived attachments to the same recipient

Description

'Detects when multiple emails where sent to the same recipient with large archived attachments.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.2
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
30m
Query period
30m
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 lbtime = 30m;
let msgthreshold = 3;
let compressedTypes = dynamic(['zip', 'rar', 'tar', 'x-7z-compressed']);
ProofpointPOD
| where TimeGenerated > ago(lbtime)
| where EventType == 'message'
| where NetworkDirection == 'outbound'
| extend attachedMimeType = todynamic(MsgParts)[0]['detectedMime']
| where attachedMimeType has_any (compressedTypes)
| summarize count(), make_set(attachedMimeType) by SrcUserUpn, DstUserUpn
| where count_ > msgthreshold
| extend AccountCustomEntity = SrcUserUpn

Declared entities

Account

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
bda5a2bd-979b-4828-a91f-27c2a5048f7f
Additional source files 3Solutions/Proofpoint On demand(POD) Email Security/Analytic Rules/ProofpointPODMultipleArchivedAttachmentsToSameRecipient.yamlsource ↗Detections/ProofpointPOD/ProofpointPODMultipleArchivedAttachmentsToSameRecipient.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Proofpoint On demand(POD) Email Security/Data/Solution_ProofPointPOD.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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