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Regex and Windows XML log events

mysicksi
Path Finder

Hi everyone,

I was attempting to utilize this dashboard, but am having difficulty populating the user accounts.
https://gosplunk.com/windows-dashboard-showing-who-was-logged-on-to/

This is what the dashboard currently looks like, as you can see, the user account section is not populated. My goal is to have either the TargetUserName or TargetUserSID populated in the account section with a regex that will catch all user accounts. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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This is the search being performed

index="wineventlog" source="XmlWinEventLog:Security" EventCode=4624 (Logon_Type=10 OR Logon_Type=7 OR Logon_Type=2) host=$HostName$ 
| rex "New Logon:\s+Security ID:\s+(?<account>.*)" 
| eval Type=case(Logon_Type=10,"Remote Logon",
Logon_Type=2,"Local Logon",
Logon_Type=7,"Screen Unlock") 
| table _time host Type account 
| sort _time desc

Here is an example of the Windows XML event

<Event xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event'><System><Provider Name='Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing' Guid='{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}'/><EventID>4624</EventID><Version>1</Version><Level>0</Level><Task>12544</Task><Opcode>0</Opcode><Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords><TimeCreated SystemTime='2020-05-21T14:23:42.544642200Z'/><EventRecordID>20131980</EventRecordID><Correlation/><Execution ProcessID='560' ThreadID='872'/><Channel>Security</Channel><Computer>Computer.AD.computer.com</Computer><Security/></System><EventData><Data Name='SubjectUserSid'>NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM</Data><Data Name='SubjectUserName'>Computer$</Data><Data Name='SubjectDomainName'>AD</Data><Data Name='SubjectLogonId'>0x3e7</Data><Data Name='TargetUserSid'>AD\admin-v</Data><Data Name='TargetUserName'>admin-v</Data><Data Name='TargetDomainName'>AD</Data><Data Name='TargetLogonId'>0x1f02e303</Data><Data Name='LogonType'>10</Data><Data Name='LogonProcessName'>User32 </Data><Data Name='AuthenticationPackageName'>Negotiate</Data><Data Name='WorkstationName'>Computer</Data><Data Name='LogonGuid'>{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}</Data><Data Name='TransmittedServices'>-</Data><Data Name='LmPackageName'>-</Data><Data Name='KeyLength'>0</Data><Data Name='ProcessId'>0x20b8</Data><Data Name='ProcessName'>C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe</Data><Data Name='IpAddress'>10.0.0.0</Data><Data Name='IpPort'>0</Data><Data Name='ImpersonationLevel'>%%1833</Data></EventData></Event>
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The problem (and there may be others) is your data does not match the regular expression. There is no "New Logon". Try this, instead.

| rex "TargetUserName'>(?<account>[^\<]+)"
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The problem (and there may be others) is your data does not match the regular expression. There is no "New Logon". Try this, instead.

| rex "TargetUserName'>(?<account>[^\<]+)"
---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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mysicksi
Path Finder

Hi Rich,

Thank you for your help, that did it!

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