New Root Certificate Authority Added
Detects newly added root certificate authority to an AzureAD tenant to support certificate based authentication.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- IaaSIdentity 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
- auditlogs
Known benign triggers
- Unknown
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 |
|---|---|
| goodworkaround.com/2022/02/15/digging-into-azure-ad-certificate-based-authentication/ | 2 |
| posts.specterops.io/passwordless-persistence-and-privilege-escalation-in-azure-98a01310be3f | 2 |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 4bb80281-3756-4ec8-a88e-523c5a6fda9e
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.credential-accessattack.defense-impairmentattack.persistenceattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1