Excessive logon failures

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

A series of multiple logon failures by the same account.

Severity

Critical

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "failed_logon" | timewindow 2m | groupby USERNAME having COUNT > 5 select Action1.timewindow.MESSAGE,Action1.timewindow.HOSTTYPE,Action1.timewindow.HOSTNAME,Action1.timewindow.REMOTEHOST,Action1.timewindow.USERNAME

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Miscellaneous