IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Azure Automation Runbook Created or Modified
editAzure Automation Runbook Created or Modified
editIdentifies when an Azure Automation runbook is created or modified. An adversary may create or modify an Azure Automation runbook to execute malicious code and maintain persistence in their target’s environment.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-azure*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-25m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Cloud
- Azure
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Configuration Audit
Version: 5 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.13.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
edit## Config The Azure Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name: ( "MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/DRAFT/WRITE" or "MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/WRITE" or "MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/PUBLISH/ACTION" ) and event.outcome:(Success or success)
Rule version history
edit- Version 5 (7.13.0 release)
-
- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.12.0 release)
-
-
Updated query, changed from:
event.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name :(MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/DRAFT/WRITE or MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/WRITE or MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/PUBLISH/ACTION) and event.outcome:(Success or success)
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- Version 3 (7.11.2 release)
-
- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.11.0 release)
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-
Updated query, changed from:
event.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name :(MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/DRAFT/WRITE or MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/WRITE or MICROSOFT.AUTOMATION/AUTOMATIONACCOUNTS/RUNBOOKS/PUBLISH/ACTION) and event.outcome:Success
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