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Azure Storage Account Key Regenerated

Severity
informational
Log types
Azure.MonitorActivity
Tags
Persistence, Account Manipulation
Reference
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/8.19/azure-storage-account-key-regenerated.html
Source
github.com/panther-labs/panther-analysis

Detects when an Azure storage account access key is regenerated. Key regeneration is a normal operational activity but may indicate an attacker attempting to maintain persistence or rotate credentials after compromise.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
PersistenceT1098 Account Manipulation

Rule body yaml

AnalysisType: rule
Filename: azure_storage_account_key_regenerated.py
RuleID: "Azure.MonitorActivity.StorageAccount.KeyRegenerated"
DisplayName: "Azure Storage Account Key Regenerated"
Enabled: true
LogTypes:
  - Azure.MonitorActivity
Severity: Info
Description: >
  Detects when an Azure storage account access key is regenerated.
  Key regeneration is a normal operational activity but may indicate an attacker attempting to maintain persistence or rotate credentials after compromise.
Reports:
  MITRE ATT&CK:
    - TA0006:T1098 # Persistence: Account Manipulation
Tags:
  - Persistence
  - Account Manipulation
Runbook: |
  1. Query Azure Monitor Activity logs for all storage account operations by the callerIpAddress in the 24 hours before and after this alert to identify suspicious patterns
  2. Check if the source IP is associated with known cloud providers, VPN services, or corporate network ranges using threat intelligence
  3. Search for other Azure storage account modifications, key regenerations, or access events from the same user or IP in the past 7 days to assess if this is part of unauthorized activity
Reference: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/security/8.19/azure-storage-account-key-regenerated.html
SummaryAttributes:
  - resourceId
  - callerIpAddress
  - correlationId
Tests:
  - Name: Key Regenerated
    ExpectedResult: true
    Log:
      {
        "time": "2024-12-17T10:30:00.0000000Z",
        "resourceId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/mystorageaccount",
        "operationName": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/regenerateKey/action",
        "operationVersion": "2021-04-01",
        "category": "Administrative",
        "resultType": "Success",
        "resultSignature": "200",
        "durationMs": 523,
        "callerIpAddress": "1.1.1.1",
        "correlationId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
        "level": "Informational",
        "location": "eastus",
        "properties": {
          "requestbody": {
            "keyName": "key1"
          }
        },
        "tenantId": "87654321-4321-4321-4321-111111111111"
      }
  - Name: Case Insensitive Match
    ExpectedResult: true
    Log:
      {
        "time": "2024-12-17T11:45:00.0000000Z",
        "resourceId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc/resourceGroups/prod-rg/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/prodstorage",
        "operationName": "microsoft.storage/storageaccounts/regeneratekey/action",
        "operationVersion": "2021-04-01",
        "category": "Administrative",
        "resultType": "Succeeded",
        "callerIpAddress": "1.2.3.4",
        "correlationId": "f9e8d7c6-b5a4-3210-9876-fedcba098765",
        "properties": {
          "requestbody": {
            "keyName": "key2"
          }
        },
        "tenantId": "87654321-4321-4321-4321-111111111111"
      }
  - Name: Different Operation
    ExpectedResult: false
    Log:
      {
        "time": "2024-12-17T13:30:00.0000000Z",
        "resourceId": "/subscriptions/12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc/resourceGroups/myresourcegroup/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/mystorageaccount",
        "operationName": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write",
        "operationVersion": "2021-04-01",
        "category": "Administrative",
        "resultType": "Success",
        "callerIpAddress": "3.3.3.3",
        "correlationId": "d4e5f6a7-b8c9-0123-def0-444444444444",
        "tenantId": "87654321-4321-4321-4321-111111111111"
      }

Detection logic

Condition

operationName eq "MICROSOFT.STORAGE/STORAGEACCOUNTS/REGENERATEKEY/ACTION"
resultType in ["Success", "Succeeded"]

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
operationNameeq
  • MICROSOFT.STORAGE/STORAGEACCOUNTS/REGENERATEKEY/ACTION
resultTypein
  • Succeeded
  • Success