Azure Service Principal Created
Identifies when a service principal is created in Azure.
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1title: Azure Service Principal Created
2id: 0ddcff6d-d262-40b0-804b-80eb592de8e3
3status: test
4description: Identifies when a service principal is created in Azure.
5references:
6 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/monitoring-health/reference-audit-activities#application-proxy
7author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
8date: 2021-09-02
9modified: 2022-10-09
10tags:
11 - attack.defense-evasion
12logsource:
13 product: azure
14 service: activitylogs
15detection:
16 selection:
17 properties.message: 'Add service principal'
18 condition: selection
19falsepositives:
20 - Service principal being created may be performed by a system administrator.
21 - Verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment.
22 - Service principal created from unfamiliar users should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
23level: medium
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