Critical user management operations followed by disabling of System Restore from admin account

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'This query could identify critical user management operations like user registration(Microsoft Entra ID Multi-Factor Authentication & self-service password reset (SSPR)) authentication by admin account followed by attempts to stop System Restore activity. Stopping system restore prevents from recovering data by going back to a restore point. The operations could be an indication of attackers trying to maintain persistence, move laterally with attempts to stop system restore point that could poi

Attribute Value
Type Hunting Query
Solution GitHub Only
ID dcc15282-2bcb-496e-84db-3c90d0dc0a0c
Tactics InitialAccess, Impact
Techniques T1078, T1490
Required Connectors AzureActiveDirectory, MicrosoftThreatProtection, SecurityEvents, WindowsSecurityEvents, WindowsForwardedEvents, BehaviorAnalytics
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Tables Used

This content item queries data from the following tables:

Table Selection Criteria Transformations Ingestion API Lake-Only
AuditLogs ?
DeviceProcessEvents ?
IdentityInfo ?
SecurityEvent ?
WindowsEvent EventID == "4688" ?

Associated Connectors

The following connectors provide data for this content item:

Connector Solution
AzureActiveDirectory Microsoft Entra ID
ESI-Opt34DomainControllersSecurityEventLogs Microsoft Exchange Security - Exchange On-Premises
SecurityEvents Windows Security Events
WindowsForwardedEvents Windows Forwarded Events
WindowsSecurityEvents Windows Security Events

Solutions: Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Exchange Security - Exchange On-Premises, Windows Forwarded Events, Windows Security Events


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