Number Of Resource Creation Or Deployment Activities
Number of VM creations or deployment activities occur in Azure via the azureactivity log.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- azure
- Log source service
- activitylogs
Known benign triggers
- Valid change
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/e534407884b1ec5371efc9f76ead282176c9e8bb/Detections/AzureActivity/Creating_Anomalous_Number_Of_Resources_detection.yaml | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- d2d901db-7a75-45a1-bc39-0cbf00812192
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1