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Attempts to Brute Force an Okta User Account
editAttempts to Brute Force an Okta User Account
editIdentifies when an Okta user account is locked out 3 times within a 3 hour window. An adversary may attempt a brute force or password spraying attack to obtain unauthorized access to user accounts. The default Okta authentication policy ensures that a user account is locked out after 10 failed authentication attempts.
Rule type: threshold
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-okta*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-180m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time
)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Use Case: Identity and Access Audit
- Data Source: Okta
- Use Case: Identity and Access Audit
- Tactic: Credential Access
Version: 103
Rule authors:
- Elastic
- @BenB196
- Austin Songer
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editevent.dataset:okta.system and event.action:user.account.lock
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Credential Access
- ID: TA0006
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0006/
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Technique:
- Name: Brute Force
- ID: T1110
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/