Tailscale: First-seen actor making configuration changes
Identifies actors making their first configuration change in the lookback window. New legitimate admins look identical to compromised credentials - review whether each surfaced actor is expected to have admin rights.
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
- tailscaleccf
- Log source service
- tailscale_audit_cl
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
- a91f4d3c-1b7e-4f2a-9c1d-0e3b5f7c8d9a
- Tagged by the source as
- InitialAccessPersistence
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1