Multi-Factor Authentication Disabled for an Azure User
editMulti-Factor Authentication Disabled for an Azure User
editIdentifies when multi-factor authentication (MFA) is disabled for an Azure user account. An adversary may disable MFA for a user account in order to weaken the authentication requirements for the account.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-azure*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-25m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
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Maximum alerts per execution: 100
Tags:
- Elastic
- Cloud
- Azure
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Identity and Access
Version: 5 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.10.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 7.13.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editConfig
The Azure Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.
Rule query
editevent.dataset:azure.auditlogs and azure.auditlogs.operation_name:"Disable Strong Authentication" and event.outcome:(Success or success)
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 5 (7.13.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 2 (7.11.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.dataset:azure.auditlogs and azure.auditlogs.operation_name:"Disable Strong Authentication" and event.outcome:Success
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