Administrator Privileges Assigned to Okta Group
editAdministrator Privileges Assigned to Okta Group
editAn adversary may attempt to assign administrator privileges to an Okta group in order to assign additional permissions to compromised user accounts.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-okta*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Identity
- Okta
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Monitoring
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Potential false positives
editConsider adding exceptions to this rule to filter false positives if administrator privileges are regularly assigned to Okta groups in your organization.
Investigation guide
editThe Okta Filebeat module must be enabled to use this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:okta.system and event.action:group.privilege.grant
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Account Manipulation
- ID: T1098
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/
Rule version history
edit- Version 2 (7.10.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.module:okta and event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:group.privilege.grant
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