High Number of Okta User Password Reset or Unlock Attempts
editHigh Number of Okta User Password Reset or Unlock Attempts
editIdentifies a high number of Okta user password reset or account unlock attempts. An adversary may attempt to obtain unauthorized access to an Okta user account using these methods and attempt to blend in with normal activity in their target’s environment and evade detection.
Rule type: threshold
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-okta*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-60m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Identity
- Okta
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Identity and Access
Version: 2 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.11.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License
Potential false positives
editThe number of Okta user password reset or account unlock attempts will likely vary between organizations. To fit this rule to their organization, users can duplicate this rule and edit the schedule and threshold values in the new rule.
Investigation guide
editThe Okta Filebeat module must be enabled to use this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:okta.system and event.action:(system.email.account_unlock.sent_message or system.email.password_reset.sent_message or system.sms.send_account_unlock_message or system.sms.send_password_reset_message or system.voice.send_account_unlock_call or system.voice.send_password_reset_call or user.account.unlock_token)
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Defense Evasion
- ID: TA0005
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0005/
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Technique:
- Name: Valid Accounts
- ID: T1078
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Valid Accounts
- ID: T1078
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/
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Tactic:
- Name: Initial Access
- ID: TA0001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/
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Technique:
- Name: Valid Accounts
- ID: T1078
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/
Rule version history
edit- Version 2 (7.11.0 release)
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- Formatting only