IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.

« Microsoft 365 Exchange Transport Rule Modification Microsoft 365 Unusual Volume of File Deletion »

› ›

Microsoft 365 Potential ransomware activity

edit

Microsoft 365 Potential ransomware activity

edit

Identifies when Microsoft Cloud App Security reports that a user has uploaded files to the cloud that might be infected with ransomware.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

filebeat-*
logs-o365*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-30m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References:

Tags:

Elastic
Cloud
Microsoft 365
Continuous Monitoring
SecOps
Configuration Audit

Version: 6

Rule authors:

Austin Songer

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

edit

## Setup

The Office 365 Logs Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

edit

event.dataset:o365.audit and event.provider:SecurityComplianceCenter and event.category:web and event.action:"Potential ransomware activity" and event.outcome:success

Framework: MITRE ATT&CK^TM

Tactic:
- Name: Impact
- ID: TA0040
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0040/
Technique:
- Name: Data Encrypted for Impact
- ID: T1486
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1486/

« Microsoft 365 Exchange Transport Rule Modification Microsoft 365 Unusual Volume of File Deletion »