SharePoint Malware File Upload

Identifies the occurence of files uploaded to SharePoint being detected as Malware by the file scanning engine. Attackers can use File Sharing and Organization Repositories to spread laterally within an organization and amplify their access. Users can inadvertently share these files without knowing their maliciousness, giving adversaries opportunities to gain initial access to other endpoints in the environment.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-o365*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-30m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/virus-detection-in-spo?view=o365-worldwide

Tags:

Elastic
Cloud
Microsoft 365
Continuous Monitoring
SecOps
Lateral Movement

Version: 2

Rule authors:

Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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## Config

The Office 365 Logs Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

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event.dataset:o365.audit and event.provider:SharePoint and event.code:SharePointFileOperation and event.action:FileMalwareDetected

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Lateral Movement
- ID: TA0008
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0008/
Technique:
- Name: Taint Shared Content
- ID: T1080
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1080/

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