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Multi-Factor Authentication Disabled for a User

Description

'Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) helps prevent credential compromise. This alert identifies when an attempt has been made to deactivate MFA for a user.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.5
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

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

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

(union isfuzzy=true
(AuditLogs
| where OperationName =~ "Disable Strong Authentication"
| extend _parsedIntiatedByUser = parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user))
| extend _parsedIntiatedByApp = parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.app))
| extend IPAddress = tostring(_parsedIntiatedByUser.ipAddress)
| extend InitiatedByUser = iff(isnotempty(tostring(_parsedIntiatedByUser.userPrincipalName)),
 tostring(_parsedIntiatedByUser.userPrincipalName), tostring(_parsedIntiatedByApp.displayName))
| extend Targetprop = todynamic(TargetResources)
| extend TargetUser = tostring(Targetprop[0].userPrincipalName)
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated) by User = TargetUser, InitiatedByUser , Operation = OperationName , CorrelationId, IPAddress, Category, Source = SourceSystem , AADTenantId, Type
),
(AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName in~ ("DeactivateMFADevice", "DeleteVirtualMFADevice")
| extend _parsedRequestParameters = parse_json(RequestParameters)
| extend InstanceProfileName = tostring(_parsedRequestParameters.InstanceProfileName)
| extend TargetUser = tostring(_parsedRequestParameters.userName)
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated) by User = TargetUser, Source = EventSource , Operation = EventName , TenantorInstance_Detail = InstanceProfileName, IPAddress = SourceIpAddress
)
)
| extend timestamp = StartTimeUtc, UserName = tostring(split(User, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(User, '@', 1)[0])

Declared entities

AccountIP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
65c78944-930b-4cae-bd79-c3664ae30ba7
Additional source files 3Solutions/Cloud Identity Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/MFADisable.yamlsource ↗Detections/MultipleDataSources/MFADisable.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Cloud Identity Threat Protection Essentials/Data/Solution_CloudIdentityThreatDetection.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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