Suspicious Peach Sandstorm Entra ID and ARM Enumeration via AzureHound or Roadtools (via process_creation)

PremiumReviewedSigma · Medium · v1
Product
windows
Category
process_creation
Author
HuntRule
Published
2026-10-13
Updated
2026-10-13

ATT&CK techniques

Discovery
  1. Recon

  2. Resource Dev

  3. Initial Access

  4. Execution

  5. Persistence

  6. Priv Esc

  7. Defense Evasion

  8. Cred Access

  9. Lateral Movement

  10. Collection

  11. C2

  12. Exfiltration

  13. Impact

What it detects

This rule detects execution of cloud directory enumeration tooling such as AzureHound and Roadtools roadrecon. Peach Sandstorm ran these tools to enumerate Entra ID and Azure Resource Manager objects during discovery for follow-on intelligence collection.

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Suspicious Peach Sandstorm Entra ID and ARM Enumeration via AzureHound or Roadtools (via process_creation)
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