M365 Azure Monitor Alert Email with Financial or Billing Theme
Detects Azure Monitor alert notification emails with financial or billing themed subject lines delivered to organization users. Adversaries abuse Azure Monitor alert rules to deliver callback phishing emails from…
Description
Detects Azure Monitor alert notification emails with financial or billing themed subject lines delivered to organization users. Adversaries abuse Azure Monitor alert rules to deliver callback phishing emails from Microsoft's legitimate azure-noreply@microsoft.com address. Because the emails originate from Microsoft's own infrastructure, they pass SPF, DKIM, and DMARC checks, bypassing email security filters and increasing victim trust. The attacker embeds a fraudulent billing or security lure in the alert rule description, which is rendered in the notification email body. Observed subject patterns include invoice numbers, payment references, and order confirmations.
Detection logic
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Detection requirements
- Platform
- Identity ProviderLinuxmacOSOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
Known benign triggers
- Organizations that use Azure Monitor alert rules with financial or billing related naming conventions for legitimate infrastructure monitoring may trigger this rule. Review the email subject and recipient to determine if the alert originates from a known internal Azure subscription.
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 |
|---|---|
| www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-azure-monitor-alerts-abused-in-callback-phishing-campaigns/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- a6129187-c47b-48ab-a412-67a44836d918
- Tagged by the source as
- Data Source: Microsoft 365Data Source: Microsoft Exchange Online LogsData Source: Microsoft Exchange Online Message TraceDomain: CloudDomain: EmailDomain: SaaSNoise: UnknownPerformance: NormalPlatform: Microsoft 365Resources: Investigation GuideRule Type: ES|QLService: Microsoft Exchange OnlineTactic: Initial AccessUse Case: Threat Detection
Licence
- Published under
- Elastic License 2.0Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Sep 20, 2026
- Version
- 3