Classification:

attack

Tactic:

TA0003-persistence

Technique:

T1098-account-manipulation

VIEW RULE IN DATADOG VIEW SIGNALS

Set up the gsuite integration.

Goal

Detect when a user is added to the Super administrator role on Google Workspace.

Strategy

Monitor Google Workspace logs to detect ASSIGN_ROLE events where @usr.role is _SEED_ADMIN_ROLE (Super administrator).

Triage and response

1. Verify with the Google admin ({{@usr.email}}) if the Google Workspace user in the @event.parameters.USER_EMAIL attribute should legitimately be given the super admin role.
2. If the user in @event.parameters.USER_EMAIL was not legitimately added, investigate activity from the IP address ({{@network.client.ip}}) that made the role addition.
3. Review activity around the Google Workspace admin who made the change ({{@usr.email}}) and the newly added super admin (@event.parameters.USER_EMAIL).