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Failed host logons but success logon to AzureAD

Description

'Identifies a list of IP addresses with a minimum number(default of 5) of failed logon attempts to remote hosts. Uses that list to identify any successful logons to Microsoft Entra ID from these IPs within the same timeframe.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.1.5
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
Trigger
gt 0

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Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

//Adjust this threshold to fit environment
let signin_threshold = 5; 
//Make a list of IPs with failed Windows host logins above threshold
let win_fails = 
SecurityEvent
| where EventID == 4625
| where LogonType in (10, 7, 3)
| where IpAddress != "-"
| summarize count() by IpAddress
| where count_ > signin_threshold
| summarize make_list(IpAddress);
let wef_fails =
WindowsEvent
| where EventID == 4625
| extend LogonType = tostring(EventData.LogonType)
| where LogonType in (10, 7, 3)
| extend IpAddress = tostring(EventData.IpAddress)
| where IpAddress != "-"
| summarize count() by IpAddress
| where count_ > signin_threshold
| summarize make_list(IpAddress);
//Make a list of IPs with failed *nix host logins above threshold
let nix_fails = 
Syslog
| where Facility contains 'auth' and ProcessName != 'sudo' and SyslogMessage has 'from' and not(SyslogMessage has_any ('Disconnecting', 'Disconnected', 'Accepted', 'disconnect', @'[preauth]'))
| extend SourceIP = extract("(([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3})\\.([0-9]{1,3})\\.(([0-9]{1,3})))",1,SyslogMessage)
| where SourceIP != "" and SourceIP != "127.0.0.1"
| summarize count() by SourceIP
| where count_ > signin_threshold
| summarize make_list(SourceIP);
//See if any of the IPs with failed host logins hve had a sucessful Azure AD login
let aadFunc = (tableName:string){
table(tableName)
| where ResultType in ("0", "50125", "50140")
| where IPAddress in (win_fails) or IPAddress in (nix_fails) or IPAddress in (wef_fails)
| extend Reason=  "Multiple failed host logins from IP address with successful Azure AD login"
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated, Type = Type
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName, "@")[1])
};
let aadSignin = aadFunc("SigninLogs");
let aadNonInt = aadFunc("AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs");
union isfuzzy=true aadSignin, aadNonInt

Declared entities

AccountIP

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
1ce5e766-26ab-4616-b7c8-3b33ae321e80
Additional source files 1Detections/MultipleDataSources/HostAADCorrelation.yamlsource ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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