Microsoft Sentinel medium experimental kql

MFA Fatigue (OKTA)

MFA fatigue attack is a cybersecurity threat where attackers exploit user exhaustion from multi-factor authentication prompts to trick them into approving multi-factor authentication prompts, potentially compromising their own security. The query identifies MFA fatigue attempts in Okta by correlating repeated Okta Verify push requests, denied pushes, and eventual successful MFA authentication within the same session. Ref: https://www.okta.com/blog/identity-security/mfa-fatigue-growing-security-concern/.

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Detection Logic

// Adjust threshold for MFA pushes to reduce noise
let PushThreshold = 10;
OktaSSO
| where ((eventType_s =="user.authentication.auth_via_mfa" and column_ifexists('debugContext_debugData_factor_s', '') == "OKTA_VERIFY_PUSH") or eventType_s == "system.push.send_factor_verify_push" or eventType_s == "user.mfa.okta_verify.deny_push")
| summarize IPAddress = make_set(client_ipAddress_s,100), City = make_set(client_geographicalContext_city_s,100),
          successes = countif(eventType_s == "user.authentication.auth_via_mfa"),
          denies = countif(eventType_s == "user.mfa.okta_verify.deny_push"),
          pushes = countif(eventType_s == "system.push.send_factor_verify_push") by TimeGenerated, authenticationContext_externalSessionId_s, actor_alternateId_s,actor_displayName_s, outcome_result_s
| summarize lasttime = max(TimeGenerated), firsttime = min(TimeGenerated),
          successes = sum(successes), failures = sum(denies), pushes = sum(pushes) by  authenticationContext_externalSessionId_s, actor_alternateId_s,actor_displayName_s, outcome_result_s
| extend seconds = lasttime - firsttime
| where pushes > PushThreshold
| extend totalattempts = successes + failures
| extend finding = case(
            failures == pushes and pushes > 1, "Authentication attempts not successful because multiple pushes denied",
            totalattempts == 0, "Multiple pushes sent and ignored",
            successes > 0 and pushes > 3, "Multiple pushes sent, eventual successful authentication!",
            "Normal authentication pattern")
| project lasttime, firsttime, seconds, actor_alternateId_s, actor_displayName_s, authenticationContext_externalSessionId_s, pushes, successes, failures, totalattempts, finding, outcome_result_s
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(actor_alternateId_s, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(actor_alternateId_s, "@")[1])

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