Auditd Max Failed Login Attemptsedit

Identifies that the maximum number of failed login attempts has been reached for a user.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • auditbeat-*

Severity: medium

Risk score: 47

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
  • Host
  • Linux
  • Threat Detection
  • Initial Access

Version: 1

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.12.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

Rule queryedit

event.module:auditd and event.action:"failed-log-in-too-many-times-to"

Threat mappingedit

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM