Sigma rule: Users Added to Global or Device Admin Roles

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-07c3cf41e9b0, updated 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Users Added to Global or Device Admin Roles
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Michael Epping, '@mepples21'
Date
2022-06-28
File
rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_users_added_to_device_admin_roles.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Monitor and alert for users added to device admin roles.

Log source

product
azure
service
auditlogs

Detection

selection:
    Category: RoleManagement
    OperationName|contains|all:
        - 'Add'
        - 'member to role'
    TargetResources|contains:
        - '7698a772-787b-4ac8-901f-60d6b08affd2'
        - '62e90394-69f5-4237-9190-012177145e10'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.persistence
  • attack.initial-access
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1078.004

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_users_added_to_device_admin_roles.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Users Added to Global or Device Admin Roles" by Michael Epping, '@mepples21' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_users_added_to_device_admin_roles.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Users Added to Global or Device Admin Roles",
entity page, dataset version ref-07c3cf41e9b0, updated 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/11c767ae-500b-423b-bae3-b234450736ed (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 11c767ae-500b-423b-bae3-b234450736ed, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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