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Azure Domain Federation Settings Modified

Status
test
Severity
medium
Log source
product azure, service auditlogs
Author
Austin Songer
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Identifies when an user or application modified the federation settings on the domain.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial AccessT1078 Valid Accounts
PersistenceT1078 Valid Accounts
Privilege EscalationT1078 Valid Accounts
StealthT1078 Valid Accounts

Event coverage

Rule body yaml

title: Azure Domain Federation Settings Modified
id: 352a54e1-74ba-4929-9d47-8193d67aba1e
status: test
description: Identifies when an user or application modified the federation settings on the domain.
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/how-to-connect-monitor-federation-changes
author: Austin Songer
date: 2021-09-06
modified: 2022-06-08
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.stealth
    - attack.t1078
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: auditlogs
detection:
    selection:
        ActivityDisplayName: Set federation settings on domain
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Federation Settings being modified or deleted may be performed by a system administrator.
    - Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment.
    - Federation Settings modified from unfamiliar users should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.

level: medium

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    ActivityDisplayName: Set federation settings on domain

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
ActivityDisplayNameeq
  • Set federation settings on domain