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# Suspicious OAuth application was authorized in Google Workspace
### Synopsis
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Activation Period | 14 Days |
| Training Period | 30 Days |
| Test Period | N/A (single event) |
| Deduplication Period | 1 Day |
| Required Data | Google Workspace Audit Logs |
| Detection Modules | Identity Threat Module, SaaS Threat Detection, Email |
| Detector Tags | Google Workspace |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Initial Access (TA0001), Persistence (TA0003) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Phishing (T1566), Cloud Application Integration (T1671) |
| Severity | Informational |
### Description
A Google Workspace user authorized a new application with sensitive or restricted scopes.
### Attacker's Goals
Adversaries may manipulate users into authorizing malicious applications to gain access to their data or to maintain persistence.
### Investigative actions
* Review the application's reputation and the scopes it requested.
* Verify if the user intended to authorize this application.
* Follow the application's activity and consider revoking the application access.
### Variations
Possible OAuth application consent phishing with sensitive permissions in Google Workspace
**Synopsis**
| Field | Value |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| ATT\&CK Tactic | Initial Access (TA0001), Persistence (TA0003) |
| ATT\&CK Technique | Phishing (T1566), Cloud Application Integration (T1671) |
| Severity | Low |
**Description**
A user authorized a rare application with sensitive scopes in Google Workspace.
**Attacker's Goals**
Adversaries may manipulate users into authorizing malicious applications to gain access to their data or to maintain persistence.
**Investigative actions**
* Review the application's reputation and the scopes it requested.
* Verify if the user intended to authorize this application.
* Follow the application's activity and consider revoking the application access.
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