Attempts to Brute Force an Okta User Account

Last updated 5 days ago on 2024-09-23
Created 4 years ago on 2020-08-19

About

Identifies 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.
Tags
Use Case: Identity and Access AuditTactic: Credential AccessData Source: Okta
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

Credential Access (TA0006)(opens in a new tab or window)

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

Definition

Rule Type
Threshold Rule
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
filebeat-*logs-okta*
Related Integrations

okta(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:user.account.lock

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Attempts to Brute Force an Okta User Account 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).