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Event ID 4724An attempt was made to reset an account's password

An account reset another account's password. A failure is logged if the new password breaks policy, but not if access was denied.

LogSecurity
SourceMicrosoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
AreaAccounts

What to check

Check the Subject (who did the reset) and alert on resets of admin, service or local accounts.

Find it with PowerShell

Run on the machine that logs it, as an administrator.

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Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{ LogName = 'Security'; Id = 4724 } -MaxEvents 50 |
    Format-List TimeCreated, Id, Message

Hunt for it in Sentinel or Log Analytics

Security events land in the SecurityEvent table when you collect them with the Windows Security Events connector or a data collection rule.

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SecurityEvent
| where TimeGenerated > ago(7d)
| where EventID == 4724
| project TimeGenerated, Computer, Account, Activity
| order by TimeGenerated desc

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