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Microsoft 365 - Impossible Travel Activity

Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported a risky sign-in attempt due to a login associated with an impossible travel.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1078

privilege-escalationpersistencedefense-evasioninitial-access

Detection Query

selection:
  eventSource: SecurityComplianceCenter
  eventName: Impossible travel activity
  status: success
condition: selection

Author

Austin Songer @austinsonger

Created

2020-07-06

Data Sources

m365threat_management

Platforms

m365

References

Tags

attack.privilege-escalationattack.persistenceattack.defense-evasionattack.initial-accessattack.t1078

Raw Content

title: Microsoft 365 - Impossible Travel Activity
id: d7eab125-5f94-43df-8710-795b80fa1189
status: test
description: Detects when a Microsoft Cloud App Security reported a risky sign-in attempt due to a login associated with an impossible travel.
references:
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/anomaly-detection-policy
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-cloud-apps/policy-template-reference
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2020-07-06
modified: 2021-11-27
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.defense-evasion
    - attack.initial-access
    - attack.t1078
logsource:
    service: threat_management
    product: m365
detection:
    selection:
        eventSource: SecurityComplianceCenter
        eventName: 'Impossible travel activity'
        status: success
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium