Anomalous Password Reset
Adversaries may interrupt the availability of system and network resources by inhibiting access to accounts utilized by legitimate users. Accounts may be deleted, locked, or manipulated (ex: changed credentials) to…
Description
Adversaries may interrupt the availability of system and network resources by inhibiting access to accounts utilized by legitimate users. Accounts may be deleted, locked, or manipulated (ex: changed credentials) to remove access to them. LockerGoga, for example, has been observed changing account passwords and logging off current users. The query below generates an output of all users performing Reset User Password where one or more features of the activity deviate from the user, his peers, or the tenant profile.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiIaaSLinuxmacOSOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- azureactivedirectorybehavioranalytics
- Log source service
- auditlogsbehavioranalytics
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
- 22b0262c-b6b5-4f15-82a4-93663e9965d7
- Tagged by the source as
- Impact
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1