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Secret Added to Dormant Service Principal

Identifies credentials added to a service principal dormant for 14+ days that then activates. Consistent with Midnight Blizzard (APT29) technique of adding secrets to trusted SPs for stealthy persistent access…

Description

Identifies credentials added to a service principal dormant for 14+ days that then activates. Consistent with Midnight Blizzard (APT29) technique of adding secrets to trusted SPs for stealthy persistent access (T1098.001).

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
IaaSIdentity ProviderSaaS

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Log source product
azureactivedirectory
Log source service
aadserviceprincipalsigninlogsauditlogs

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