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Suspicious Login from deleted guest account

Description

' This query will detect logins from guest account which was recently deleted. For any successful logins from deleted identities should be investigated further if any existing user accounts have been altered or linked to such identity prior deletion'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.5
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1d
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 query_frequency = 1h;
let query_period = 1d;
AuditLogs
| where TimeGenerated > ago(query_frequency)
| where Category =~ "UserManagement" and OperationName =~ "Delete user"
| mv-expand TargetResource = TargetResources
| where TargetResource["type"] == "User" and TargetResource["userPrincipalName"] has "#EXT#"
| extend ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName = extract(@"^[0-9a-f]{32}([^\#]+)\#EXT\#", 1, tostring(TargetResource["userPrincipalName"]))
| extend
    Initiator = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["displayName"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["userPrincipalName"])),
    InitiatorId = iif(isnotempty(InitiatedBy["app"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["app"]["servicePrincipalId"]), tostring(InitiatedBy["user"]["id"])),
    Delete_IPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy[tostring(bag_keys(InitiatedBy)[0])]["ipAddress"])
| project Delete_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, Category, Identity, Initiator, Delete_IPAddress, OperationName, Result, ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, InitiatedBy, AdditionalDetails, TargetResources, InitiatorId, CorrelationId
| join kind=inner (
    SigninLogs
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_period)
    | where ResultType == 0
    | summarize take_any(*) by UserPrincipalName
    | extend ParsedUserPrincipalName = translate("@", "_", UserPrincipalName)
    | project SigninLogs_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated, UserPrincipalName, UserDisplayName, ResultType, ResultDescription, IPAddress, LocationDetails, AppDisplayName, ResourceDisplayName, ClientAppUsed, UserAgent, DeviceDetail, UserId, UserType, OriginalRequestId, ParsedUserPrincipalName
    ) on $left.ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName == $right.ParsedUserPrincipalName
| where SigninLogs_TimeGenerated > Delete_TimeGenerated
| project-away ParsedDeletedUserPrincipalName, ParsedUserPrincipalName
| extend
    AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]),
    AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])

Declared entities

AccountIP

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
defe4855-0d33-4362-9557-009237623976
Additional source files 1Detections/MultipleDataSources/SuspiciousLoginfromDeletedExternalIdentities.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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