Application Removed from Blocklist in Google Workspace

Last updated a year ago on 2024-09-23

Created 3 years ago on 2022-08-25

About

Google Workspace administrators may be aware of malicious applications within the Google marketplace and block these applications for user security purposes. An adversary, with administrative privileges, may remove this application from the explicit block list to allow distribution of the application amongst users. This may also indicate the unauthorized use of an application that had been previously blocked before by a user with admin privileges.

Tags

Domain: CloudData Source: Google WorkspaceUse Case: Configuration AuditTactic: Defense EvasionLanguage: kuery

Severity

medium

Risk Score

MITRE ATT&CK™

Defense Evasion (TA0005)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Impair Defenses (T1562)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

False Positive Examples

Applications can be added and removed from blocklists by Google Workspace administrators. Verify that the configuration change was expected. Exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.

License

Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type: Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack: Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns: filebeat-*logs-google_workspace*
Related Integrations: google_workspace(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗event.dataset:"google_workspace.admin" and event.category:"iam" and event.type:"change"  and
  event.action:"CHANGE_APPLICATION_SETTING" and
  google_workspace.admin.application.name:"Google Workspace Marketplace" and
  google_workspace.admin.old_value: *allowed*false* and google_workspace.admin.new_value: *allowed*true*

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Application Removed from Blocklist in Google Workspace in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).