Detection rules › Kusto
New onmicrosoft domain added to tenant
This detection looks for new onmicrosoft domains being added to a tenant. An attacker who compromises a tenant may register a new onmicrosoft domain in order to masquerade as a service provider for launching phishing campaigns. Domain additions are not a common occurrence and users should validate that the domain was added by a legitimate user, with a legitimate purpose.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Resource Development |
Telemetry coverage
| Platform | Record / event type |
|---|---|
| Azure | Add unverified domain |
| Azure | Add verified domain |
Rules detecting the same action
These rules filter on the same operation.
- [Entra ID] Domain Federation Trust Settings Modified (Kusto)
- Azure AD New Custom Domain Added (Splunk)
- Azure AD New Federated Domain Added (Splunk)
- Azure Domain Federation Settings Modified (Sigma)
- Entra ID Custom Domain Added or Verified (Elastic)
- Entra ID Domain Federation Configuration Change (Elastic)
- Modified domain federation trust settings (Kusto)
- New Root Certificate Authority Added (Sigma)
Rule body
id: 4f42b94f-b210-42d1-a023-7fa1c51d969f
name: New onmicrosoft domain added to tenant
description: |
'This detection looks for new onmicrosoft domains being added to a tenant.
An attacker who compromises a tenant may register a new onmicrosoft domain in order to masquerade as a service provider for launching phishing campaigns.
Domain additions are not a common occurrence and users should validate that the domain was added by a legitimate user, with a legitimate purpose.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
dataTypes:
- AuditLogs
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 1h
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
status: Available
tactics:
- ResourceDevelopment
relevantTechniques:
- T1585.003
query: |
AuditLogs
| where AADOperationType == "Add"
| where Result == "success"
| where OperationName in ("Add verified domain", "Add unverified domain")
| extend InitiatedBy = parse_json(InitiatedBy)
| extend InitiatingUser = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
| extend InitiatingAadUserId = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
| extend InitiatingIp = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress)
| extend InitiatingApp = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.displayName)
| extend InitiatingSPID = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.servicePrincipalId)
| extend DomainAdded = tostring(TargetResources[0].displayName)
| where DomainAdded has "onmicrosoft"
| extend ActionInitiatedBy = case(isnotempty(InitiatingUser), InitiatingUser, strcat(InitiatingApp, " - ", InitiatingSPID))
| extend UserName = split(InitiatingUser, "@")[0]
| extend UPNSuffix = split(InitiatingUser, "@")[1]
| project-reorder TimeGenerated, OperationName, DomainAdded, ActionInitiatedBy, InitiatingIp
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: FullName
columnName: InitiatingUser
- identifier: Name
columnName: UserName
- identifier: UPNSuffix
columnName: UPNSuffix
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: AadUserId
columnName: InitiatingAadUserId
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- identifier: AadUserId
columnName: InitiatingSPID
- entityType: IP
fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: InitiatingIp
- entityType: DNS
fieldMappings:
- identifier: DomainName
columnName: DomainAdded
eventGroupingSettings:
aggregationKind: SingleAlert
alertDetailsOverride:
alertDisplayNameFormat: '{{DomainAdded}} added to tenant by {{ActionInitiatedBy}}'
alertDescriptionFormat: 'This detection looks for new onmicrosoft domains being added to a tenant. An attacker who compromises a tenant may register a new onmicrosoft domain in order to masquerade as a service provider for launching phishing accounts. Domain additions are not a common occurrence and users should validate that {{ActionInitiatedBy}} added {{DomainAdded}} with a legitimate purpose.'
kind: Scheduled
version: 1.0.1
Stages and Predicates
Stage 1: source
AuditLogs
Stage 2: where
| where AADOperationType == "Add"
Stage 3: where
| where Result == "success"
Stage 4: where
| where OperationName in ("Add verified domain", "Add unverified domain")
Stage 5: extend (7 consecutive steps)
| extend InitiatedBy = parse_json(InitiatedBy)
| extend InitiatingUser = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
| extend InitiatingAadUserId = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
| extend InitiatingIp = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress)
| extend InitiatingApp = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.displayName)
| extend InitiatingSPID = tostring(InitiatedBy.app.servicePrincipalId)
| extend DomainAdded = tostring(TargetResources[0].displayName)
Stage 6: where
| where DomainAdded has "onmicrosoft"
Stage 7: extend (3 consecutive steps)
| extend ActionInitiatedBy = case(isnotempty(InitiatingUser), InitiatingUser, strcat(InitiatingApp, " - ", InitiatingSPID))
| extend UserName = split(InitiatingUser, "@")[0]
| extend UPNSuffix = split(InitiatingUser, "@")[1]
ActionInitiatedBy =if
isnotempty(InitiatingUser)InitiatingUserelse
strcat(InitiatingApp, " - ", InitiatingSPID)Stage 8: project-reorder
| project-reorder TimeGenerated, OperationName, DomainAdded, ActionInitiatedBy, InitiatingIp
Indicators
These rows show field, operator, and value matches.
| Field | Kind | Values | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
AADOperationType | eq |
| field:"AADOperationType" kind:eq value:"Add" |
DomainAdded | match |
| field:"DomainAdded" kind:match value:"onmicrosoft" |
OperationName | in |
| field:"OperationName" kind:in |
Result | eq |
| field:"Result" kind:eq value:"success" |
Output fields
These fields are emitted when the rule matches.
| Field | Source |
|---|---|
InitiatedBy | extend |
InitiatingUser | extend |
InitiatingAadUserId | extend |
InitiatingIp | extend |
InitiatingApp | extend |
InitiatingSPID | extend |
DomainAdded | extend |
ActionInitiatedBy | extend |
UserName | extend |
UPNSuffix | extend |