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GitHub Signin Burst from Multiple Locations

Description

'This detection triggers when there is a Signin burst from multiple locations in GitHub (Entra ID SSO). This detection is based on configurable threshold which can be prone to false positives. To view the anomaly based equivalent of thie detection, please see here https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Microsoft%20Entra%20ID/Analytic%20Rules/AnomalousUserAppSigninLocationIncrease-detection.yaml. '
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
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.

let locationThreshold = 1;
let aadFunc = (tableName:string){
table(tableName)
| where AppDisplayName =~ "GitHub.com"
| where ResultType == 0
| summarize CountOfLocations = dcount(Location), Locations = make_set(Location,100), BurstStartTime = min(TimeGenerated), BurstEndTime = max(TimeGenerated) by UserPrincipalName, Type
| where CountOfLocations > locationThreshold
| extend timestamp = BurstStartTime
};
let aadSignin = aadFunc("SigninLogs");
let aadNonInt = aadFunc("AADNonInteractiveUserSignInLogs");
union isfuzzy=true aadSignin, aadNonInt
| extend Name = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName,'@',0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserPrincipalName,'@',1)[0])

Declared entities

Account

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
d3980830-dd9d-40a5-911f-76b44dfdce16
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Analytic Rules/Sign-in Burst from Multiple Locations.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Entra ID/Data/Solution_AAD.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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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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