Outlook Calendar Heartbeat Event Rotation via Microsoft Graph PATCH

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•updated Jul 21, 2026•1•0•4

Detects suspicious modifications or deletions of Outlook calendar events using the Microsoft Graph API, potentially indicating the use of calendar infrastructure as a command-and-control (C2) heartbeat or exfiltration channel. The rule monitors for specific pattern-based event updates or deletions following calendar enumeration, which is a technique used to maintain persistent communication or exfiltrate small amounts of data.