Attempted Bypass of Okta MFAedit

An adversary may attempt to bypass the Okta multi-factor authentication (MFA) policies configured for an organization in order to obtain unauthorized access to an application. This rule detects when an Okta MFA bypass attempt occurs.

Rule type: query

Rule indices:

  • filebeat-*

Severity: high

Risk score: 73

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
  • Okta
  • SecOps
  • Identity and Access
  • Continuous Monitoring

Version: 1

Added (Elastic Stack release): 7.9.0

Rule authors: Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License

Investigation guideedit

The Okta Filebeat module must be enabled to use this rule.

Rule queryedit

event.module:okta and event.dataset:okta.system and
event.action:user.mfa.attempt_bypass

Threat mappingedit

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM