Local Admin Group Changes
This query searches for changes to the local administrators group. Blogpost: https://www.verboon.info/2020/09/hunting-for-local-group-membership-changes.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- microsoftthreatprotection
- Log source service
- deviceeventsidentityinfo
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
- 63aa43c2-e88e-4102-aea5-0432851c541a
- Tagged by the source as
- Persistence
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1