Attempt to Reset MFA Factors for an Okta User Account
editAttempt to Reset MFA Factors for an Okta User Account
editDetects attempts to reset an Okta user’s enrolled multi-factor authentication (MFA) factors. An adversary may attempt to reset the MFA factors for an Okta user’s account in order to register new MFA factors and abuse the account to blend in with normal activity in the victim’s environment.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- filebeat-*
- logs-okta*
Severity: low
Risk score: 21
Runs every: 5 minutes
Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Identity
- Okta
- Continuous Monitoring
- SecOps
- Identity and Access
Version: 8 (version history)
Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0
Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.4.0
Rule authors: Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Potential false positives
editConsider adding exceptions to this rule to filter false positives if the MFA factors for Okta user accounts are regularly reset in your organization.
Investigation guide
editRule query
editevent.dataset:okta.system and event.action:user.mfa.factor.reset_all
Threat mapping
editFramework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Persistence
- ID: TA0003
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0003/
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Technique:
- Name: Account Manipulation
- ID: T1098
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1098/
Rule version history
edit- Version 8 (8.4.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 6 (7.13.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 5 (7.12.0 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 4 (7.11.2 release)
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- Formatting only
- Version 3 (7.11.0 release)
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- Rule name changed from: Attempt to Reset MFA Factors for Okta User Account
- Version 2 (7.10.0 release)
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Updated query, changed from:
event.module:okta and event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:user.mfa.factor.reset_all
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