Analytics Alerts

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1 alert match the current filters. technique: T1048 ✕

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  • First-seen email from mailbox owner to external recipient's address in the last 30 days Informational Email 6 variations

    Internal sender initiated first-time communication with an external recipient in the last 30 days.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Day
    ATT&CK tactics: Exfiltration (TA0010)
    ATT&CK techniques: Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048)
    Required data: Microsoft 365 Emails
    Detector tags: Exfiltration, Account Takeover
    Attacker's goals: Extracting valuable information outside the company.
    Investigative actions: Check the content of the email that was sent. Review the external recipient address and assess its reputation. Review past emails sent from this mailbox for any suspicious activity. Check for unusual emails sent to this recipient's address. Monitor further action taken, such as accessing to private keys, API tokens and sensitive data.

    Variations

    First-time email to the disposable domain

    Low overridden

    Internal sender emailed to external address(es) with disposable domain. overridden

    First-time email from organization's domain with the external recipient's domain in the last 30 days

    Informational overridden

    Internal sender emailed an external address belonging to a domain seen for the first time by the organization domain in the last 30 days. overridden

    First-time email from organization with the external recipient in the last 30 days

    Informational overridden

    Internal sender emailed to external address(es) that first-seen by the the whole organization in the last 30 days. overridden

    First-time email from organization's domain to the external recipient in the last 30 days

    Informational overridden

    Internal sender emailed to external address(es) that first-seen by the organization domain in the last 30 days. overridden

    First-time email from mailbox owner to the external recipient's domain in the last 30 days

    Informational overridden

    Internal sender emailed to external address(es) with domain that first-seen by that sender in the last 30 days. overridden

    First-time outbound email from mailbox owner to multiple external recipients without any internal recipients in the last 30 days

    Informational overridden

    Internal sender emailed first-time to multiple external recipients with no internal recipients included in the last 30 days. overridden