Number Of Resource Creation Or Deployment Activities
mediumCloud & SaaSSingle eventexperimentalsigma.azure_activity_logs_azure_creating_number_of_resources_detection · v1.0.0
What it detects
Number of VM creations or deployment activities occur in Azure via the azureactivity log.
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
- T1098Account Manipulation· Persistence
False positives and triage
Valid change
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 60%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.azure_activity_logs_azure_creating_number_of_resources_detection.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.azure_activity_logs_azure_creating_number_of_resources_detection
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: medium
confidence: 0.6
platforms:
- application
mitre_techniques:
- T1098
description: Number of VM creations or deployment activities occur in Azure via the azureactivity log.
match:
event_category: system
raw_message_contains_any:
- Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write
- Microsoft.Resources/deployments/write
false_positive_guidance: Valid change
Converted from the SigmaHQ rule “Number Of Resource Creation Or Deployment Activities” by sawwinnnaung, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. Original rule.
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Run this rule on your own logs — offline
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