Group Created

Enabled by default

Service: Microsoft Windows Security auditing

Log type: Security

Groups allow for multiple user accounts to be managed as one and an attacker may try and create a group with escalated privileges.

View Logs
Get-WinEvent -FilterHashTable @{LogName='Security';ID='4731'} -MaxEvents 1 | Format-List
Check Logging Status
auditpol /get /subcategory:"security group management"
Disable Logging
auditpol /set /subcategory:"security group management" /Success:Disable /Failure:Disable
Enable Logging
auditpol /set /subcategory:"security group management" /Success:Enable /Failure:Enable
Language: Powershell
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Group Creation is logged automatically by Windows 10 Professional. To view, navigate to the Event Viewer and the security channel. To view the group creation log, sort or filter for the ID 4731.

To view this log in the command line with Get-WinEvent, open PowerShell as an administrator. From here, enter the command Get-WinEvent -FilterHashTable @{LogName='Security';ID='4731'} -MaxEvents 1 | Format-List

To view this log in the command line with wevtutil, open PowerShell or Command Prompt as an administrator. From here, enter the command wevtutil qe Security "/q:*[System [(EventID=4731)]]"