Brute force attack against an Entra-authenticated Windows device
Identifies evidence of brute force activity against Windows devices authenticated via Entra ID (including Entra-joined, hybrid-joined, and Windows 365 Cloud PCs) by detecting multiple authentication failures followed…
Description
Identifies evidence of brute force activity against Windows devices authenticated via Entra ID (including Entra-joined, hybrid-joined, and Windows 365 Cloud PCs) by detecting multiple authentication failures followed by a successful authentication within a defined time window.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- azureactivedirectory
- Log source service
- signinlogs
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 3fbc20a4-04c4-464e-8fcb-6667f53e4987
- Tagged by the source as
- CredentialAccess
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1