Elastic Security Detection Rules

Azure Diagnostic Settings Deletion

Last updated 7 months ago on 2025-01-15
Created 5 years ago on 2020-08-17

About

Identifies the deletion of diagnostic settings in Azure, which send platform logs and metrics to different destinations. An adversary may delete diagnostic settings in an attempt to evade defenses.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: AzureTactic: Defense EvasionLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

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

False Positive Examples
Deletion of diagnostic settings may be done by a system or network administrator. Verify whether the username, hostname, and/or resource name should be making changes in your environment. Diagnostic settings deletion from unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. If known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.
License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-azure*
Related Integrations

azure(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:azure.activitylogs and azure.activitylogs.operation_name:"MICROSOFT.INSIGHTS/DIAGNOSTICSETTINGS/DELETE" and event.outcome:(Success or success)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Azure Diagnostic Settings Deletion 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(opens in a new tab or window).