Suspicious Removal of Bitbucket Global Secret Scanning Rule (via audit)

title: Suspicious Removal of Bitbucket Global Secret Scanning Rule (via audit)
id: 02544566-dafe-5c0e-b4cc-20602ba644aa
status: stable
description: This rule detects Bitbucket global secret scanning rule deletion activity.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1685/
    - https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/audit-log-events-776640423.html
    - https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/secret-scanning-1157471613.html
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-05-18
tags:
    - attack.defense-impairment
    - attack.t1685
logsource:
    product: bitbucket
    service: audit
    definition: 'Requirements: "Basic" log level is required to receive these audit events.'
detection:
    selection:
        auditType.category: 'Global administration'
        auditType.action: 'Global secret scanning rule deleted'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium