Attempt to Reset MFA Factors for an Okta User Account

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Attempt to Reset MFA Factors for an Okta User Account

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Detects 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: 5m

Searches indices from: None (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Tactic: Persistence
  • Use Case: Identity and Access Audit
  • Data Source: Okta

Version: 106

Rule authors:

  • Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Investigation guide

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Setup

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The Okta Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

Rule query

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event.dataset:okta.system and event.action:user.mfa.factor.reset_all

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM