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Okta ThreatInsight Login Failure With High Unknown Users
Okta's ThreatInsight can identify multiple login failures with high unknown users count from the same IP across one or more Okta orgs.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Credential Access | T1110.004 Brute Force: Credential Stuffing |
References
Event coverage
| Provider | Event |
|---|---|
| Okta-security | security.threat.detected |
Rules detecting the same action
Other rules on this platform that filter on the same API call or operation.
Rule body yaral
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rule okta_threatinsight_login_failure_with_high_unknown_users {
meta:
author = "Google Cloud Security"
description = "Okta's ThreatInsight can identify multiple login failures with high unknown users count from the same IP across one or more Okta orgs."
rule_id = "mr_41bafd12-7b1d-4b73-adf6-621c0431b538"
rule_name = "Okta ThreatInsight Login Failure With High Unknown Users"
reference = "https://help.okta.com/en-us/Content/Topics/Security/threat-insight/configure-threatinsight-system-log.htm"
mitre_attack_tactic = "Credential Access"
mitre_attack_technique = "Brute Force: Credential Stuffing"
mitre_attack_url = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/004/"
mitre_attack_version = "v13.1"
type = "Alert"
data_source = "Okta"
severity = "Medium"
priority = "Medium"
events:
$login.metadata.product_name = "Okta"
$login.metadata.vendor_name = "Okta"
$login.metadata.event_type = "USER_UNCATEGORIZED"
$login.metadata.product_event_type = "security.threat.detected"
$login.security_result.category_details = /Login failures with high unknown users count/
$login.principal.user.userid = $userid
$login.principal.ip = $ip
match:
$userid, $ip over 1h
outcome:
$risk_score = max(
// Baseline
35 +
// If the IP Address is marked as suspicious IP address by Okta ThreatInsight
if($login.security_result.detection_fields["threatSuspected"] = "true", 30) +
// Unauthorized target geographies
if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Cuba", 20) +
if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Iran", 20) +
if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "North Korea", 20) +
if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Russia", 20) +
if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Syria", 20)
)
$mitre_attack_tactic = "Credential Access"
$mitre_attack_technique = "Brute Force: Credential Stuffing"
$target_user_agent = array_distinct($login.network.http.user_agent)
$principal_ip = array_distinct($login.principal.ip)
$principal_ip_country = array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region)
$principal_ip_state = array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state)
$principal_ip_city = array_distinct($login.principal.location.city)
$security_result_summary = array_distinct($login.security_result.summary)
condition:
$login
}
Detection logic
Fires when at least one $login event in the 1h window.
Events
$login
metadata.product_event_type = "security.threat.detected"security_result.category_details matches "Login failures with high unknown users count"
Correlation
Outcome
Fields the detection emits on a match. $risk_score drives alerting; Chronicle surfaces the rest on the detection.
| Field | Expression |
|---|---|
risk_score | max( 35 + if($login.security_result.detection_fields["threatSuspected"] = "true", 30) + if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Cuba", 20) + if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Iran", 20) + if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "North Korea", 20) + if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Russia", 20) + if($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region = "Syria", 20) ) |
target_user_agent | array_distinct($login.network.http.user_agent) |
principal_ip | array_distinct($login.principal.ip) |
principal_ip_country | array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.country_or_region) |
principal_ip_state | array_distinct($login.principal.ip_geo_artifact.location.state) |
principal_ip_city | array_distinct($login.principal.location.city) |
security_result_summary | array_distinct($login.security_result.summary) |