Suspicious VM Instance Creation Activity Detected

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This detection identifies high-severity alerts across various Microsoft security products, including Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Entra ID, and correlates them with instances of Google Cloud VM creation. It focuses on instances where VMs were created within a short timeframe of high-severity alerts, potentially indicating suspicious activity.

Attribute Value
Type Analytic Rule
Solution GitHub Only
ID 1cc0ba27-c5ca-411a-a779-fbc89e26be83
Severity Medium
Kind Scheduled
Tactics InitialAccess, Execution, Discovery
Techniques T1078, T1106, T1526
Required Connectors GCPAuditLogsDefinition, AzureActiveDirectoryIdentityProtection, MicrosoftThreatProtection, MicrosoftDefenderAdvancedThreatProtection, MicrosoftCloudAppSecurity, BehaviorAnalytics
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