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[Rule Tuning] Microsoft Graph Request Email Access by Unusual User and Client#6378

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Summary - What I changed

Tunes the Microsoft Graph Request Email Access by Unusual User and Client rule to remove OAuth scopes from the OR condition which caused unexpected false-positives since it matches on any token with those scopes authorized for the client. Linted as well. Merging after #6335 is merged.

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  • Added a label for the type of pr: bug, enhancement, schema, maintenance, Rule: New, Rule: Deprecation, Rule: Tuning, Hunt: New, or Hunt: Tuning so guidelines can be generated
  • Added the meta:rapid-merge label if planning to merge within 24 hours
  • Secret and sensitive material has been managed correctly
  • Automated testing was updated or added to match the most common scenarios
  • Documentation and comments were added for features that require explanation

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@terrancedejesus terrancedejesus self-assigned this Jul 2, 2026
@terrancedejesus terrancedejesus added Integration: Azure azure related rules Rule: Tuning tweaking or tuning an existing rule Domain: Cloud Domain: Web labels Jul 2, 2026
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Rule: Tuning - Guidelines

These guidelines serve as a reminder set of considerations when tuning an existing rule.

Documentation and Context

  • Detailed description of the suggested changes.
  • Provide example JSON data or screenshots.
  • Provide evidence of reducing benign events mistakenly identified as threats (False Positives).
  • Provide evidence of enhancing detection of true threats that were previously missed (False Negatives).
  • Provide evidence of optimizing resource consumption and execution time of detection rules (Performance).
  • Provide evidence of specific environment factors influencing customized rule tuning (Contextual Tuning).
  • Provide evidence of improvements made by modifying sensitivity by changing alert triggering thresholds (Threshold Adjustments).
  • Provide evidence of refining rules to better detect deviations from typical behavior (Behavioral Tuning).
  • Provide evidence of improvements of adjusting rules based on time-based patterns (Temporal Tuning).
  • Provide reasoning of adjusting priority or severity levels of alerts (Severity Tuning).
  • Provide evidence of improving quality integrity of our data used by detection rules (Data Quality).
  • Ensure the tuning includes necessary updates to the release documentation and versioning.

Rule Metadata Checks

  • updated_date matches the date of tuning PR merged.
  • min_stack_version should support the widest stack versions.
  • name and description should be descriptive and not include typos.
  • query should be inclusive, not overly exclusive. Review to ensure the original intent of the rule is maintained.

Testing and Validation

  • Validate that the tuned rule's performance is satisfactory and does not negatively impact the stack.
  • Ensure that the tuned rule has a low false positive rate.

@terrancedejesus terrancedejesus marked this pull request as ready for review July 2, 2026 19:55
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Pull request overview

Tunes the Azure Microsoft Graph email-access New Terms rule to reduce false positives by narrowing the match conditions and keying first-seen detection on additional context.

Changes:

  • Removes the OAuth-scope-based OR matching so the rule no longer alerts solely on token scopes.
  • Constrains matching to Graph mail-related url.path patterns across /v1.0 and /beta for /me and /users.
  • Extends the New Terms key to include source.as.number (ASN) and updates rule metadata updated_date.

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LGTM

@terrancedejesus terrancedejesus merged commit 6767181 into main Jul 7, 2026
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@terrancedejesus terrancedejesus deleted the rule-tuning/graph-email-access-scopes-fp branch July 7, 2026 14:59
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