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ProofpointPOD - Multiple protected emails to unknown recipient

Description

'Detects when multiple protected messages where sent to early not seen recipient.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.1.1
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 lbperiod = 14d;
let knownrecipients = ProofpointPOD
| where TimeGenerated > ago(lbperiod)
| where EventType == 'message'
| where NetworkDirection == 'outbound'
| where SrcUserUpn != ''
| where array_length(todynamic(DstUserUpn)) == 1
| summarize recipients = make_set(tostring(todynamic(DstUserUpn)[0])) by SrcUserUpn
| extend commcol = SrcUserUpn;
ProofpointPOD
| where TimeGenerated between (ago(lbtime) .. now())
| where EventType == 'message'
| where NetworkDirection == 'outbound'
| extend isProtected = todynamic(MsgParts)[0]['isProtected']
| extend mimePgp = todynamic(MsgParts)[0]['detectedMime']
| where isProtected == 'true' or mimePgp == 'application/pgp-encrypted'
| extend DstUserMail = tostring(todynamic(DstUserUpn)[0])
| extend commcol = tostring(todynamic(DstUserUpn)[0])
| join knownrecipients on commcol
| where recipients !contains DstUserMail
| project SrcUserUpn, DstUserMail
| 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
f8127962-7739-4211-a4a9-390a7a00e91f
Additional source files 3Solutions/Proofpoint On demand(POD) Email Security/Analytic Rules/ProofpointPODMultipleProtectedEmailsToUnknownRecipient.yamlsource ↗Detections/ProofpointPOD/ProofpointPODMultipleProtectedEmailsToUnknownRecipient.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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