LoFP LoFP / service accounts may be disabled by system administrators. verify that the behavior was expected. exceptions can be added to this rule to filter expected behavior.

Techniques

Sample rules

GCP Service Account Disabled

Description

Identifies when a service account is disabled in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). A service account is a special type of account used by an application or a virtual machine (VM) instance, not a person. Applications use service accounts to make authorized API calls, authorized as either the service account itself, or as G Suite or Cloud Identity users through domain-wide delegation. An adversary may disable a service account in order to disrupt to disrupt their target’s business operations.

Detection logic

event.dataset:gcp.audit and event.action:google.iam.admin.v*.DisableServiceAccount and event.outcome:success