Distributed Password cracking attempts in Microsoft Entra ID
| Id | bfb1c90f-8006-4325-98be-c7fffbc254d6 |
| Rulename | Distributed Password cracking attempts in Microsoft Entra ID |
| Description | Identifies distributed password cracking attempts from the Microsoft Entra ID SigninLogs. The query looks for unusually high number of failed password attempts coming from multiple locations for a user account. References: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/reference-sign-ins-error-codes 50053 Account is locked because the user tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect user ID or password. 50055 Invalid password, entered expired password. 50056 Invalid or null password - Password does not exist in store for this user. 50126 Invalid username or password, or invalid on-premises username or password. |
| Severity | Medium |
| Tactics | CredentialAccess |
| Techniques | T1110 |
| Required data connectors | AzureActiveDirectory |
| Kind | Scheduled |
| Query frequency | 1d |
| Query period | 1d |
| Trigger threshold | 0 |
| Trigger operator | gt |
| Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Analytic Rules/DistribPassCrackAttempt.yaml |
| Version | 1.0.5 |
| Arm template | bfb1c90f-8006-4325-98be-c7fffbc254d6.json |
let s_threshold = 30;
let l_threshold = 3;
let aadFunc = (tableName:string){
table(tableName)
| where OperationName =~ "Sign-in activity"
// Error codes that we want to look at as they are related to the use of incorrect password.
| where ResultType in ("50126", "50053" , "50055", "50056")
| extend DeviceDetail = todynamic(DeviceDetail), Status = todynamic(DeviceDetail), LocationDetails = todynamic(LocationDetails)
| extend OS = DeviceDetail.operatingSystem, Browser = DeviceDetail.browser
| extend StatusCode = tostring(Status.errorCode), StatusDetails = tostring(Status.additionalDetails)
| extend LocationString = strcat(tostring(LocationDetails.countryOrRegion), "/", tostring(LocationDetails.state), "/", tostring(LocationDetails.city))
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), LocationCount=dcount(LocationString), Location = make_set(LocationString,100),
IPAddress = make_set(IPAddress,100), IPAddressCount = dcount(IPAddress), AppDisplayName = make_set(AppDisplayName,100), ResultDescription = make_set(ResultDescription,50),
Browser = make_set(Browser,20), OS = make_set(OS,20), SigninCount = count() by UserPrincipalName, Type
// Setting a generic threshold - Can be different for different environment
| where SigninCount > s_threshold and LocationCount >= l_threshold
| extend Location = tostring(Location), IPAddress = tostring(IPAddress), AppDisplayName = tostring(AppDisplayName), ResultDescription = tostring(ResultDescription), Browser = tostring(Browser), OS = tostring(OS)
| extend Name = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName,'@',0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName,'@',1)[0])};
let aadSignin = aadFunc("SigninLogs");
let aadNonInt = aadFunc("AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs");
union isfuzzy=true aadSignin, aadNonInt
description: |
'Identifies distributed password cracking attempts from the Microsoft Entra ID SigninLogs.
The query looks for unusually high number of failed password attempts coming from multiple locations for a user account.
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/reference-sign-ins-error-codes
50053 Account is locked because the user tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect user ID or password.
50055 Invalid password, entered expired password.
50056 Invalid or null password - Password does not exist in store for this user.
50126 Invalid username or password, or invalid on-premises username or password.'
name: Distributed Password cracking attempts in Microsoft Entra ID
queryPeriod: 1d
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- SigninLogs
connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
- dataTypes:
- AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs
connectorId: AzureActiveDirectory
query: |
let s_threshold = 30;
let l_threshold = 3;
let aadFunc = (tableName:string){
table(tableName)
| where OperationName =~ "Sign-in activity"
// Error codes that we want to look at as they are related to the use of incorrect password.
| where ResultType in ("50126", "50053" , "50055", "50056")
| extend DeviceDetail = todynamic(DeviceDetail), Status = todynamic(DeviceDetail), LocationDetails = todynamic(LocationDetails)
| extend OS = DeviceDetail.operatingSystem, Browser = DeviceDetail.browser
| extend StatusCode = tostring(Status.errorCode), StatusDetails = tostring(Status.additionalDetails)
| extend LocationString = strcat(tostring(LocationDetails.countryOrRegion), "/", tostring(LocationDetails.state), "/", tostring(LocationDetails.city))
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), LocationCount=dcount(LocationString), Location = make_set(LocationString,100),
IPAddress = make_set(IPAddress,100), IPAddressCount = dcount(IPAddress), AppDisplayName = make_set(AppDisplayName,100), ResultDescription = make_set(ResultDescription,50),
Browser = make_set(Browser,20), OS = make_set(OS,20), SigninCount = count() by UserPrincipalName, Type
// Setting a generic threshold - Can be different for different environment
| where SigninCount > s_threshold and LocationCount >= l_threshold
| extend Location = tostring(Location), IPAddress = tostring(IPAddress), AppDisplayName = tostring(AppDisplayName), ResultDescription = tostring(ResultDescription), Browser = tostring(Browser), OS = tostring(OS)
| extend Name = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName,'@',0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName,'@',1)[0])};
let aadSignin = aadFunc("SigninLogs");
let aadNonInt = aadFunc("AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs");
union isfuzzy=true aadSignin, aadNonInt
severity: Medium
kind: Scheduled
queryFrequency: 1d
version: 1.0.5
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Analytic Rules/DistribPassCrackAttempt.yaml
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
relevantTechniques:
- T1110
status: Available
entityMappings:
- entityType: Account
fieldMappings:
- columnName: UserPrincipalName
identifier: FullName
- columnName: Name
identifier: Name
- columnName: UPNSuffix
identifier: UPNSuffix
tactics:
- CredentialAccess
id: bfb1c90f-8006-4325-98be-c7fffbc254d6