Failed login attempts to Azure Portal
Identifies failed login attempts in the Microsoft Entra ID SigninLogs to the Azure Portal. Many failed logon attempts or some failed logon attempts from multiple IPs could indicate a potential brute force attack.…
Description
Identifies failed login attempts in the Microsoft Entra ID SigninLogs to the Azure Portal. Many failed logon attempts or some failed logon attempts from multiple IPs could indicate a potential brute force attack. The following are excluded due to success and non-failure results: References: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/reports-monitoring/reference-sign-ins-error-codes 0 - successful logon 50125 - Sign-in was interrupted due to a password reset or password registration entry. 50140 - This error occurred due to 'Keep me signed in' interrupt when the user was signing-in.
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
- 223db5c1-1bf8-47d8-8806-bed401b356a4
- 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