New Federated Domain Added
Detects the addition of a new Federated Domain.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Identity ProviderWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- m365
- Log source service
- audit
Known benign triggers
- The creation of a new Federated domain is not necessarily malicious, however these events need to be followed closely, as it may indicate federated credential abuse or backdoor via federated identities at a similar or different cloud provider.
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 |
|---|---|
| o365blog.com/post/aadbackdoor/ | 3from 2 sources |
| research.splunk.com/cloud/e155876a-6048-11eb-ae93-0242ac130002/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 58f88172-a73d-442b-94c9-95eaed3cbb36
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.defense-impairmentattack.privilege-escalation
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1