↳ GitHub sourceAnalytics ruleMedium

Suspicious Sign In Followed by MFA Modification

Description

'This query looks uses Microsoft Sentinel's UEBA features to look for suspicious logons followed by modifications to MFA settings by that user.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.1
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
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.

let PriorityScore = 9;
BehaviorAnalytics
| where ActionType == "Sign-in"
| where InvestigationPriority > PriorityScore
| extend UserPrincipalName = tolower(UserPrincipalName)
| extend LogOnTime = TimeGenerated
| join kind=inner (AuditLogs
| where Category =~ "UserManagement" 
| where OperationName in~ ("Admin registered security info", "Admin updated security info", "Admin deleted security info", "User registered security info", "User changed default security info", "User deleted security info","User registered all required security info","User started security info registration") 
| extend InitiatorUPN = tolower(tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName))
| extend InitiatorID = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.id)
| extend FromIP = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.ipAddress) 
| extend TargetUPN = tolower(tostring(TargetResources[0].userPrincipalName))
| extend TargetId = tostring(TargetResources[0].id)
| extend MFAModTime = TimeGenerated
| where isnotempty(InitiatorUPN)) on $left.UserPrincipalName == $right.InitiatorUPN
| where MFAModTime between((LogOnTime-30m)..(LogOnTime+1h))
| extend InitiatorName = tostring(split(InitiatorUPN, "@")[0]), InitiatorUPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatorUPN, "@")[1]), TargetName = tostring(split(TargetUPN, "@")[0]), TargetUPNSuffix = tostring(split(TargetUPN, "@")[1])

Declared entities

AccountIP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
aec77100-25c5-4254-a20a-8027ed92c46c
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Analytic Rules/SuspiciousSignInFollowedByMFAModification.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Data/Solution_AAD.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

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

GSTEP sync dates, separate from the source content’s publication dates.