Multifactor Authentication Interrupted
Identifies user login with multifactor authentication failures, which might be an indication an attacker has the password for the account but can't pass the MFA challenge.
Detection logic
selection_50074
ResultType: 50074
ResultDescription|contains: Strong Auth requiredselection_500121
ResultType: 500121
ResultDescription|contains: Authentication failed during strong authentication requestCondition
1 of selection_*Raw YAML
title: Multifactor Authentication Interrupted
id: 5496ff55-42ec-4369-81cb-00f417029e25
status: test
description: Identifies user login with multifactor authentication failures, which might be an indication an attacker has the password for the account but can't pass the MFA challenge.
references:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-accounts
author: AlertIQ
date: 2021-10-10
modified: 2022-12-18
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.persistence
- attack.initial-access
- attack.credential-access
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1078.004
- attack.t1110
- attack.t1621
logsource:
product: azure
service: signinlogs
detection:
selection_50074:
ResultType: 50074
ResultDescription|contains: 'Strong Auth required'
selection_500121:
ResultType: 500121
ResultDescription|contains: 'Authentication failed during strong authentication request'
condition: 1 of selection_*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: mediumFalse positives
- Unknown
References
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