Account Created And Deleted Within A Close Time Frame

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.persistence attack.initial-access attack.defense-evasion attack.t1078  ·
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Detects when an account was created and deleted in a short period of time.

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 1title: Account Created And Deleted Within A Close Time Frame
 2id: 6f583da0-3a90-4566-a4ed-83c09fe18bbf
 3status: test
 4description: Detects when an account was created and deleted in a short period of time.
 5references:
 6    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-user-accounts#short-lived-accounts
 7author: Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', MikeDuddington, '@dudders1', Tim Shelton
 8date: 2022-08-11
 9modified: 2022-08-18
10tags:
11    - attack.privilege-escalation
12    - attack.persistence
13    - attack.initial-access
14    - attack.defense-evasion
15    - attack.t1078
16logsource:
17    product: azure
18    service: auditlogs
19detection:
20    selection:
21        properties.message:
22            - Add user
23            - Delete user
24        Status: Success
25    condition: selection
26falsepositives:
27    - Legit administrative action
28level: high

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