MFA Rejected by User
Identifies occurances where a user has rejected an MFA prompt. This could be an indicator that a threat actor has compromised the username and password of this user account and is using it to try and log into the…
Description
Identifies occurances where a user has rejected an MFA prompt. This could be an indicator that a threat actor has compromised the username and password of this user account and is using it to try and log into the account. Ref : https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/security-operations-user-accounts#monitoring-for-failed-unusual-sign-ins This query has also been updated to include UEBA logs IdentityInfo and BehaviorAnalytics for contextual information around the results. Please note, MFA Failed logons from known IP ranges can be benign depending on the conditional access policies. In case of noisy behavior, consider tuning the source IP ranges or location filter after careful consideration
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- IaaSIdentity ProviderOffice SuiteSaaS
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- azureactivedirectorybehavioranalytics
- Log source service
- behavioranalyticsidentityinfosigninlogs
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
- d99cf5c3-d660-436c-895b-8a8f8448da23
- Tagged by the source as
- InitialAccess
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1