Account Created And Deleted Within A Close Time Frame

 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://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/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.defense_evasion
12    - attack.t1078
13logsource:
14    product: azure
15    service: auditlogs
16detection:
17    selection:
18        properties.message:
19            - Add user
20            - Delete user
21        Status: Success
22    condition: selection
23falsepositives:
24    - Legit administrative action
25level: high

References

• Microsoft Entra security operations for user accounts - Microsoft Entra

  

  Guidance to establish baselines and how to monitor and alert on potential security issues with user accounts.

  
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