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title: Windows Domain Admin group changed
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# Windows Domain Admin group changed
Classification:attackTactic:[TA0003-persistence](https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003)Technique:[T1098-account-manipulation](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098) 
## Goal{% #goal %}

Detect when the Domain Administrator group is modified.

## Strategy{% #strategy %}

Monitoring of Windows event logs where `@evt.id` is 4737 and the `@Event.EventData.Data.TargetUserName:"Domain Admins"`

## Triage & Response{% #triage--response %}

Verify if `{{@Event.EventData.Data.SubjectUserName}}` has a legitimate reason for changing the `Domain Admins` group