Sigma rule: Account Created And Deleted By Non Approved Users

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-705fbf340d2c, updated 2023-12-15T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Account Created And Deleted By Non Approved Users
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', MikeDuddington, '@dudders1'
Date
2022-08-11
Modified
2023-12-15
File
rules-placeholder/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_account_created_deleted_nonapproved_user.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects accounts that are created or deleted by non-approved users.

Log source

product
azure
service
auditlogs

Detection

selection:
    properties.message:
        - Add user
        - Delete user
    Status: Sucess
valid_admin:
    Initiatied.By|expand: '%ApprovedUserUpn%'
condition: selection and not valid_admin

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Legit administrative action

Tags

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

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-placeholder/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_account_created_deleted_nonapproved_user.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Account Created And Deleted By Non Approved Users" by Mark Morowczynski '@markmorow', MikeDuddington, '@dudders1' (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-placeholder/cloud/azure/audit_logs/azure_ad_account_created_deleted_nonapproved_user.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: Account Created And Deleted By Non Approved Users",
entity page, dataset version ref-705fbf340d2c, updated 2023-12-15T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/c98184ba-4a27-4e10-b7b7-da48e71f4d25 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule c98184ba-4a27-4e10-b7b7-da48e71f4d25, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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