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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: 5 minutes

Searches indices from: now-6m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

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Tags:

  • Elastic
  • Identity
  • Okta
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • SecOps
  • Identity and Access

Version: 102 (version history)

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0

Last modified (Elastic Stack release): 8.6.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Potential false positives

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Consider 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

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











Threat mapping
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Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM














Rule version history
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Version 102 (8.6.0 release)








    

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Version 100 (8.5.0 release)








    

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    event.module:okta and event.dataset:okta.system and
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