AAD Connect host remote admin followed by Entra privilege operation
This query hunts for remote administration of a likely AAD Connect or sync host that is followed by privileged Entra audit activity by the same hybrid identity.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 4 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- microsoftthreatprotection
- Log source service
- devicelogoneventsdeviceprocesseventsidentityinfo
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- c9b4347a-e5cf-4ca9-a58d-a9822c82467f
- Tagged by the source as
- LateralMovementPersistencePrivilegeEscalation
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1