Azure Device or Configuration Modified or Deleted
What it detects
Identifies when a device or device configuration in azure is modified or deleted.
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
False positives and triage
Device or device configuration 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.; Device or device configuration modified or deleted from unfamiliar users should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
The rule
Declarative YAML read by the detection engine — data, never executed. Confidence 60%. Source: rules/sigma/sigma.azure_activity_logs_azure_device_or_configuration_modified_or_deleted.yaml, licensed under the Detection Rule License 1.1.
id: sigma.azure_activity_logs_azure_device_or_configuration_modified_or_deleted
version: 1.0.0
status: experimental
severity: medium
confidence: 0.6
platforms:
- application
mitre_techniques:
- T1485
- T1565.001
description: Identifies when a device or device configuration in azure is modified or deleted.
match:
event_category: system
raw_message_any:
- Delete device
- Delete device configuration
- Update device
- Update device configuration
false_positive_guidance: Device or device configuration 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.; Device or device configuration modified or deleted from unfamiliar users should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
Converted from the SigmaHQ rule “Azure Device or Configuration Modified or Deleted” by Austin Songer @austinsonger, distributed under the Detection Rule License 1.1. Original rule.
Related detections
Run this rule on your own logs — offline
KIROSEC runs this rule and the rest of the library over Windows, Linux, macOS and cloud audit logs on the analyst's own machine. Every alert links to the events that raised it, and nothing leaves the device.