Elastic Security Detection Rules

Multi-Factor Authentication Disabled for an Azure User

Last updated a year ago on 2024-05-21
Created 5 years ago on 2020-08-20

About

Identifies 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.
Tags
Domain: CloudData Source: AzureUse Case: Identity and Access AuditTactic: PersistenceLanguage: kuery
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Persistence (TA0003)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Account Manipulation (T1098)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-azure*
Related Integrations

azure(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:azure.auditlogs and azure.auditlogs.operation_name:"Disable Strong Authentication" and event.outcome:(Success or success)

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Multi-Factor Authentication Disabled for an Azure User in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).