Sigma rule: A Security-Enabled Global Group Was Deleted
A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-ed92fb89d010, updated 2023-04-26T00:00:00.000Z.
Rule
- Title
- A Security-Enabled Global Group Was Deleted
- Status
- stable
- Level
- low
- Author
- Alexandr Yampolskyi, SOC Prime
- Date
- 2023-04-26
- File
- rules/windows/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_security_enabled_global_group_deleted.yml
- Commit
- ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84
Detects activity when a security-enabled global group is deleted
Log source
- product
- windows
- service
- security
Detection
selection:
EventID:
- 4730 # A security-enabled global group was deleted
- 634 # Security Enabled Global Group Deleted
condition: selectionFalse positives (as the rule lists them)
- Unknown
Tags
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.t1098
MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names
Related rules
References
- https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/cis-controls-list/
- https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/documents/PCI_DSS_v3-2-1.pdf
- https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/CSWP/NIST.CSWP.04162018.pdf
- https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventID=4730
- https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventID=634
Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_security_enabled_global_group_deleted.yml
Sources and licences
SigmaHQ
"A Security-Enabled Global Group Was Deleted" by Alexandr Yampolskyi, SOC Prime (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/windows/builtin/security/account_management/win_security_security_enabled_global_group_deleted.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License
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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: A Security-Enabled Global Group Was Deleted",
entity page, dataset version ref-ed92fb89d010, updated 2023-04-26T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/b237c54b-0f15-4612-a819-44b735e0de27 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b237c54b-0f15-4612-a819-44b735e0de27, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
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