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Azure Domain Federation Settings Modified

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

MITRE ATT&CK

privilege-escalationpersistencedefense-evasioninitial-access

Detection Query

selection:
  ActivityDisplayName: Set federation settings on domain
condition: selection

Author

Austin Songer

Created

2021-09-06

Data Sources

azureauditlogs

Platforms

azure

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.initial-accessattack.t1078
Raw Content
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.defense-evasion
    - attack.initial-access
    - 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