Distributed Password cracking attempts in Microsoft Entra ID
Identifies distributed password cracking attempts from the Microsoft Entra ID SigninLogs. The query looks for unusually high number of failed password attempts coming from multiple locations for a user account.…
Description
Identifies distributed password cracking attempts from the Microsoft Entra ID SigninLogs. The query looks for unusually high number of failed password attempts coming from multiple locations for a user account. References: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/reference-sign-ins-error-codes 50053 Account is locked because the user tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect user ID or password. 50055 Invalid password, entered expired password. 50056 Invalid or null password - Password does not exist in store for this user. 50126 Invalid username or password, or invalid on-premises username or password.
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
- aadnoninteractiveusersigninlogssigninlogs
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
- bfb1c90f-8006-4325-98be-c7fffbc254d6
- 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