Failed AWS Console logons but success logon to AzureAD

Severity: medium
Time window: 1d
Author: Microsoft Security Research
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'Identifies a list of IP addresses with a minimum number (default of 5) of failed logon attempts to AWS Console. Uses that list to identify any successful Microsoft Entra ID logons from these IPs within the same timeframe.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Initial Access	`T1078` Valid Accounts
Credential Access	`T1110` Brute Force

Rules detecting the same action

Other rules on this platform that filter on the same API call or operation.

Anomalous sign-in location by user account and authenticating application (Kusto)
Anomalous Single Factor Signin (Kusto)
Authentications of Privileged Accounts Outside of Expected Controls (Kusto)
Azure Many Failed SignIns (Panther)
Azure Portal sign in from another Azure Tenant (Kusto)
Azure Service Principal Sign-In Followed by Arc Cluster Credential Access (Elastic)
Azure SignIn via Legacy Authentication Protocol (Panther)
Detect non-admin requesting token for admin applications (Kusto)

Rule body kusto

id: 910124df-913c-47e3-a7cd-29e1643fa55e
name: Failed AWS Console logons but success logon to AzureAD
description: |
  'Identifies a list of IP addresses with a minimum number (default of 5) of failed logon attempts to AWS Console.
  Uses that list to identify any successful Microsoft Entra ID logons from these IPs within the same timeframe.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
    dataTypes:
     - SigninLogs
  - connectorId: AWS
    dataTypes:
      - AWSCloudTrail
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
  - CredentialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1078
  - T1110

query: |
  //Adjust this threshold to fit environment
  let  signin_threshold = 5;
  //Make a list of IPs with failed AWS console logins
  let aws_fails = AWSCloudTrail
  | where EventName == "ConsoleLogin"
  | extend LoginResult = tostring(parse_json(ResponseElements).ConsoleLogin)
  | where LoginResult != "Success"
  | where SourceIpAddress != "127.0.0.1"
  | summarize count() by SourceIpAddress
  | where count_ >  signin_threshold
  | summarize make_set(SourceIpAddress);
  //See if any of those IPs have sucessfully logged into Azure AD.
  SigninLogs
  | where ResultType in ("0", "50125", "50140")
  | where IPAddress in (aws_fails)
  | extend Reason = "Multiple failed AWS Console logins from IP address"
  | extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: UserPrincipalName
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: AadUserId
        columnName: UserId
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IPAddress
version: 1.2.1
kind: Scheduled
metadata:
    source:
        kind: Community
    author:
        name: Microsoft Security Research
    support:
        tier: Community
    categories:
        domains: [ "Security - Others", "Identity" ]

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let signin_threshold = 5;

Let binding: `aws_fails`

let aws_fails = AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName == "ConsoleLogin"
| extend LoginResult = tostring(parse_json(ResponseElements).ConsoleLogin)
| where LoginResult != "Success"
| where SourceIpAddress != "127.0.0.1"
| summarize count() by SourceIpAddress
| where count_ >  signin_threshold
| summarize make_set(SourceIpAddress);

Derived from signin_threshold.

Stage 1: `source`

SigninLogs

Stage 2: `where`

| where ResultType in ("0", "50125", "50140")

Stage 3: `where`

| where IPAddress in (aws_fails)

References aws_fails (defined above).

Stage 4: `extend`

| extend Reason = "Multiple failed AWS Console logins from IP address"

Stage 5: `extend`

| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`IPAddress`	in	`aws_fails` transforms: `cased`
`ResultType`	in	`0` transforms: `cased` `50125` transforms: `cased` `50140` transforms: `cased`

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`Reason`	`extend`
`AccountName`	`extend`
`AccountUPNSuffix`	`extend`
`timestamp`	`extend`

`j` / `k`	Scroll down / up
`d` / `u`	Half-page down / up
`gg` / `G`	Top / bottom
`h` / `l`	History back / forward
`f`	Follow link (`Shift` = new tab)
`/`	Focus search
`?`	Toggle this help
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Open highlighted result
`Esc`	Close results / dialog

`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

Failed AWS Console logons but success logon to AzureAD

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rules detecting the same action

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: `aws_fails`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend`

Stage 5: `extend`

Indicators

Output fields

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Failed AWS Console logons but success logon to AzureAD

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rules detecting the same action

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: aws_fails

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: where

Stage 4: extend

Stage 5: extend

Indicators

Output fields

Let binding: `aws_fails`

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend`

Stage 5: `extend`