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Mass Cloud resource deletions Time Series Anomaly

Description

'This query generates the baseline pattern of cloud resource deletions by an individual and generates an anomaly when any unusual spike is detected. These anomalies from unusual or privileged users could be an indication of a cloud infrastructure takedown by an adversary.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
2.0.4
Declared status
Available
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.

let starttime = 14d;
let endtime = 1d;
let timeframe = 1d;
let TotalEventsThreshold = 25;
let TimeSeriesData = AzureActivity 
| where TimeGenerated between (startofday(ago(starttime))..startofday(now())) 
| where OperationNameValue endswith "delete" 
| project TimeGenerated, Caller 
| make-series Total = count() on TimeGenerated from startofday(ago(starttime)) to startofday(now()) step timeframe by Caller;
TimeSeriesData 
| extend (anomalies, score, baseline) = series_decompose_anomalies(Total, 3, -1, 'linefit') 
| mv-expand Total to typeof(double), TimeGenerated to typeof(datetime), anomalies to typeof(double), score to typeof(double), baseline to typeof(long) 
| where TimeGenerated >= startofday(ago(endtime)) 
| where anomalies > 0 
| project Caller, TimeGenerated, Total, baseline, anomalies, score 
| where Total > TotalEventsThreshold and baseline > 0 
| join (AzureActivity 
| where TimeGenerated > startofday(ago(endtime)) 
| where OperationNameValue endswith "delete" 
| summarize count(), make_set(OperationNameValue,100), make_set(_ResourceId,100) by bin(TimeGenerated, timeframe), Caller ) on TimeGenerated, Caller 
| extend Name = iif(Caller has '@',tostring(split(Caller,'@',0)[0]),"")
| extend UPNSuffix = iif(Caller has '@',tostring(split(Caller,'@',1)[0]),"")
| extend AadUserId = iif(Caller !has '@',Caller,"")

Declared entities

Account

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
ed43bdb7-eaab-4ea4-be52-6951fcfa7e3b
Additional source files 3Solutions/Azure Activity/Analytic Rules/TimeSeriesAnomaly_Mass_Cloud_Resource_Deletions.yamlsource ↗Detections/AzureActivity/TimeSeriesAnomaly_Mass_Cloud_Resource_Deletions.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Azure Activity/Data/Solution_AzureActivity.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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