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Excessive Blocked Traffic Events Generated by User

Description

'Creates an incident when a Symantec Endpoint Proection agent detects excessive amounts of blocked traffic generated by a single user.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let threshold = 15;
let NoteableEvents = SymantecEndpointProtection
| where LogType == "Agent Traffic Logs"
| where Action =~ "Blocked"
| summarize TotalBlockedEvents = count() by UserName
| where TotalBlockedEvents > threshold;
SymantecEndpointProtection
| where LogType =~ "Agent Traffic Logs"
| where Action =~ "Blocked"
| join kind=inner (NoteableEvents) on UserName
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), Total = count() by UserName, RuleName, ServerName, LocalHostIpAddr, LocalPortNumber, TrafficDirection, RemoteHostIpAddr, RemotePortNumber, ApplicationName

Declared entities

AccountIPHost

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
fa0ab69c-7124-4f62-acdd-61017cf6ce89
Additional source files 2Solutions/Symantec Endpoint Protection/Analytic Rules/ExcessiveBlockedTrafficGeneratedbyUser.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Symantec Endpoint Protection/Data/Solution_Symantec.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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