Copilot - Plugin Tampering (Enable and Disable Within 5 Minutes)
Detects when a user enables and disables Copilot plugins within a 5-minute window. This behavior often indicates probing for security controls or living-off-Copilot techniques. This rule identifies discovery and…
Description
Detects when a user enables and disables Copilot plugins within a 5-minute window. This behavior often indicates probing for security controls or living-off-Copilot techniques. This rule identifies discovery and defense evasion activities where users rapidly toggle plugin states, potentially testing security boundaries.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- microsoftcopilot
- Log source service
- copilotactivity
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
- d4e5f6a7-b8c9-40d1-e2f3-a4b5c6d7e8f9
- Tagged by the source as
- DefenseEvasionDiscovery
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1