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Microsoft 365 Exchange Safe Attachment Rule Disabled
editMicrosoft 365 Exchange Safe Attachment Rule Disabled
editIdentifies when a safe attachment rule is disabled in Microsoft 365. Safe attachment rules can extend malware protections to include routing all messages and attachments without a known malware signature to a special hypervisor environment. An adversary or insider threat may disable a safe attachment rule to exfiltrate data or evade defenses.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-o365*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-30m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Domain: Cloud
- Data Source: Microsoft 365
- Use Case: Configuration Audit
- Tactic: Defense Evasion
Version: 102
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editevent.dataset:o365.audit and event.provider:Exchange and event.category:web and event.action:"Disable-SafeAttachmentRule" and event.outcome:success
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Impair Defenses
- ID: T1562
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1562/