New Federated Domain Added

testmedium
log source: m365 · auditauthor Splunk Threat Research Team (original rule), Harjot Singh @cyb3rjy0t (sigma rule)date 2023-09-18
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description

What this is, in brief.

Detects the addition of a new Federated Domain.

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tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.defense-impairmentattack.t1484.002
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rule source (YAML)

title: New Federated Domain Added
id: 58f88172-a73d-442b-94c9-95eaed3cbb36
related:
    - id: 42127bdd-9133-474f-a6f1-97b6c08a4339
      type: similar
status: test
description: Detects the addition of a new Federated Domain.
references:
    - https://research.splunk.com/cloud/e155876a-6048-11eb-ae93-0242ac130002/
    - https://o365blog.com/post/aadbackdoor/
author: Splunk Threat Research Team (original rule), Harjot Singh @cyb3rjy0t (sigma rule)
date: 2023-09-18
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1484.002
logsource:
    service: audit
    product: m365
detection:
    selection_domain:
        Operation|contains: 'domain'
    selection_operation:
        Operation|contains:
            - 'add'
            - 'new'
    condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
    - The creation of a new Federated domain is not necessarily malicious, however these events need to be followed closely, as it may indicate federated credential abuse or backdoor via federated identities at a similar or different cloud provider.
level: medium
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detects techniques (1)

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.