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Windows Domain Admin group changed

Goal

Detect when the Domain Administrator group is modified.

Strategy

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

Triage & Response

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