NRT Modified domain federation trust settings
This will alert when a user or application modifies the federation settings on the domain or Update domain authentication from Managed to Federated. For example, this alert will trigger when a new Active Directory…
Description
This will alert when a user or application modifies the federation settings on the domain or Update domain authentication from Managed to Federated. For example, this alert will trigger when a new Active Directory Federated Service (ADFS) TrustedRealm object, such as a signing certificate, is added to the domain. Modification to domain federation settings should be rare. Confirm the added or modified target domain/URL is legitimate administrator behavior. To understand why an authorized user may update settings for a federated domain in Office 365, Azure, or Intune, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/office365/troubleshoot/active-directory/update-federated-domain-office-365. For details on security realms that accept security tokens, see the ADFS Proxy Protocol (MS-ADFSPP) specification: https://docs.microsoft.com/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-adfspp/e7b9ea73-1980-4318-96a6-da559486664b. For further information on AuditLogs please see https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/reference-audit-activities.
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
- azureactivedirectory
- Log source service
- auditlogs
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
- 8540c842-5bbc-4a24-9fb2-a836c0e55a51
- Tagged by the source as
- CredentialAccessPersistencePrivilegeEscalation
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1