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Okta Security Threat Detected
Detects when an security threat is detected in Okta.
MITRE ATT&CK coverage
| Tactic | Techniques |
|---|---|
| Command & Control | No specific technique |
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.
- Device Registration from Malicious IP (Kusto)
- Okta ThreatInsight Login Failure With High Unknown Users (YARA-L)
- Okta ThreatInsight Suspected Bruteforce Attack (YARA-L)
- Okta ThreatInsight Suspected Password Spray Attack (YARA-L)
- Okta ThreatInsight Threat Detected (Splunk)
- Okta ThreatInsight Threat Suspected Promotion (Elastic)
Rule body yaml
title: Okta Security Threat Detected
id: 5c82f0b9-3c6d-477f-a318-0e14a1df73e0
status: test
description: Detects when an security threat is detected in Okta.
references:
- https://okta.github.io/okta-help/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/threat-insight/configure-threatinsight-system-log.htm
- https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/
- https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/event-types/
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021-09-12
modified: 2026-04-27
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
logsource:
product: okta
service: okta
detection:
selection:
eventType: security.threat.detected
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Stages and Predicates
Stage 0: condition
selectionStage 1: selection
selection:
eventType: security.threat.detected
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 |
|---|---|---|
eventType | eq |
|