Suspicious New Federated Domain Added (via audit)
This rule detects the addition of a new Federated Domain.
SigmamediumCloudv1
sigma
suspicious-new-federated-domain-added-via-audit
title: Suspicious New Federated Domain Added (via audit)
id: 884d1d69-6644-5c09-bd75-efd526152d6c
status: stable
description: This rule detects the addition of a new Federated Domain.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1484/002/
- https://research.splunk.com/cloud/e155876a-6048-11eb-ae93-0242ac130002/
- https://o365blog.com/post/aadbackdoor/
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-07-11
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.defense-impairment
- attack.t1484.002
logsource:
service: audit
product: m365
detection:
selection_domain:
Operation|contains: 'domain'
selection_operation:
Operation|contains:
- 'add'
- 'new'
condition: all of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Known false positives
- Unknown
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.