Identifies potential enumeration activity using AzureHound, SharpHound, or BloodHound across Microsoft cloud services. These tools are often used by red teamers and adversaries to map users, groups, roles, applications, and access relationships within Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Microsoft 365.

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Identifies when new Service Principal credentials have been added in Microsoft Entra ID. In most organizations, credentials will be added to service principals infrequently. Hijacking an application (by adding a rogue secret or certificate) with granted permissions will allow the attacker to access data that is normally protected by MFA requirements.

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Identifies when a user has elevated their access to User Access Administrator for their Azure Resources. The User Access Administrator role allows users to manage user access to Azure resources, including the ability to assign roles and permissions. Adversaries may target an Entra ID Global Administrator or other privileged role to elevate their access to User Access Administrator, which can lead to further privilege escalation and unauthorized access to sensitive resources. This is a New Terms rule that only signals if the user principal name has not been seen doing this activity in the last 14 days.

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Identifies suspicious activity reported by users in Microsoft Entra ID where users have reported suspicious activity related to their accounts, which may indicate potential compromise or unauthorized access attempts. Reported suspicious activity typically occurs during the authentication process and may involve various authentication methods, such as password resets, account recovery, or multi-factor authentication challenges. Adversaries may attempt to exploit user accounts by leveraging social engineering techniques or other methods to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or resources.

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Identifies when a new service principal is added in Microsoft Entra ID. An application, hosted service, or automated tool that accesses or modifies resources needs an identity created. This identity is known as a service principal. For security reasons, it's always recommended to use service principals with automated tools rather than allowing them to log in with a user identity.

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Identifies an illicit consent grant request on-behalf-of a registered Entra ID application. Adversaries may create and register an application in Microsoft Entra ID for the purpose of requesting user consent to access resources. This is accomplished by tricking a user into granting consent to the application, typically via a pre-made phishing URL. This establishes an OAuth grant that allows the malicious client applocation to access resources on-behalf-of the user.

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Identifies a modification to a conditional access policy (CAP) in Microsoft Entra ID. Adversaries may modify existing CAPs to loosen access controls and maintain persistence in the environment with a compromised identity or entity.

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