O365 Excessive SSO logon errors
Description
The following analytic detects accounts with high number of Single Sign ON (SSO) logon errors. Excessive logon errors may indicate attempts to bruteforce of password or single sign on token hijack or reuse.
- Type: Anomaly
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Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
- Last Updated: 2023-08-02
- Author: Rod Soto, Splunk
- ID: 8158ccc4-6038-11eb-ae93-0242ac130002
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ATT&CK
Kill Chain Phase
- Exploitation
- Installation
NIST
- DE.AE
CIS20
- CIS 10
CVE
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`o365_management_activity` Workload=AzureActiveDirectory LogonError=*Sso* Operation=UserLoginFailed
| stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(user) as user by src_ip signature user_agent authentication_service action
| where count >= 5
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| `o365_excessive_sso_logon_errors_filter`
Macros
The SPL above uses the following Macros:
o365_excessive_sso_logon_errors_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.
Required fields
List of fields required to use this analytic.
- _time
- user
- src_ip
- Workload
- LogonError
- ActorIpAddress
- UserAgent
- UserId
- authentication_service
- authentication_method
- Operation
How To Implement
You must install splunk Microsoft Office 365 add-on. This search works with o365:management:activity
Known False Positives
Logon errors may not be malicious in nature however it may indicate attempts to reuse a token or password obtained via credential access attack.
Associated Analytic Story
RBA
Risk Score | Impact | Confidence | Message |
---|---|---|---|
64.0 | 80 | 80 | Excessive number of SSO logon errors from $src_ip$ using UserAgent $user_agent$. |
The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.
Reference
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