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high advisory

Google Workspace Admin Role Assigned to a User or Group

Adversaries leverage the assignment of administrative roles within Google Workspace to an existing or new user/group, establishing persistence and escalating privileges to gain broad control over the tenant, including bypassing single sign-on.

Google Workspace cloud-security google-workspace persistence privilege-escalation account-manipulation saas-security
2r 2t
low advisory

GCP Service Account Key Creation for Persistence

An adversary may create a new key for a service account in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to abuse the permissions assigned to that account and evade detection, potentially leading to persistent access.

Google Cloud Platform cloud gcp persistence account-manipulation
2r 1t
medium advisory

Azure Event Hub Authorization Rule Created or Updated

Creation or modification of Azure Event Hub authorization rules can indicate unauthorized access or privilege escalation by adversaries using cryptographic keys to manage access to event hubs.

Azure Event Hub cloud azure persistence account-manipulation
2r 2t
medium advisory

Account Configured with Never-Expiring Password

Detects the creation and modification of an account with the 'Don't Expire Password' option enabled, which attackers can abuse to persist in the domain and maintain long-term access.

Active Directory persistence windows account-manipulation
2r 1t
medium advisory

Spike in Active Directory User Modification Activity

Detects an increase in modifications to AD user objects, which may indicate unauthorized access, impaired defenses, or persistence establishment.

Splunk Enterprise +2 account-manipulation persistence windows
2r 1t
high advisory

Azure AD Account Created and Deleted Within a Close Time Frame

Detection of Azure Active Directory accounts that are created and deleted within a short timeframe, potentially indicating malicious activity such as privilege escalation or persistence attempts.

Azure Active Directory privilege-escalation persistence initial-access stealth account-manipulation
2r 3t