LoFP LoFP / users emailing for legitimate business purposes that appear suspicious.

Techniques

Sample rules

O365 Email Suspicious Behavior Alert

Description

The following analytic identifies when one of O365 the built-in security detections for suspicious email behaviors are triggered. These alerts often indicate that an attacker may have compromised a mailbox within the environment. Any detections from built-in Office 365 capabilities should be monitored and responded to appropriately. Certain premium Office 365 capabilities further enhance these detection and response functions.

Detection logic

`o365_management_activity` Workload=SecurityComplianceCenter Operation=AlertEntityGenerated Name IN ("Suspicious email sending patterns detected","User restricted from sending email","Suspicious Email Forwarding Activity","Email sending limit exceeded") 
| fromjson Data 
| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime by AlertId,ObjectId,Operation,Name 
| rename Name as signature, AlertId as signature_id, ObjectId as user 
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` 
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` 
| `o365_email_suspicious_behavior_alert_filter`