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Azure (Entra ID) Risk Detection: Threat Intelligence-Driven Unusual User Activity

Flags Azure AD risk investigation events tied to threat-intelligence sign-in indicators using riskdetection telemetry.

FreeReviewedSigma · High · v5
Product
azure
Service
riskdetection
Author
Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', Gloria Lee, '@gleeiamglo' (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published
2023-09-07
Updated
2026-07-31
AnalysisDetection

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access → Defense Evasion

  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Discovery

  10. Lateral Movement

  11. Collection

  12. C2

  13. Exfiltration

  14. Impact

What it detects

This rule flags Azure risk events where riskEventType indicates an investigationsThreatIntelligence finding. The behavior matters because it points to user activity that is unusual for the account or aligns with known attack patterns, which attackers may use for stealthy access or account manipulation. It relies on telemetry from Azure risk detection (riskdetection) capturing threat-intelligence investigation events.

Reporting behind it

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Changelog

v5
  1. v5
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  2. v4
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  3. v3
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  4. v2
    Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
  5. v1
    No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.