Okta MFA Globally Disabled


Description

An admin user has disabled the MFA requirement for your Okta account

Query · python

import panther_event_type_helpers as event_type


def rule(event):
    return event.udm("event_type") == event_type.ADMIN_MFA_DISABLED


def title(event):
    return f"Okta System-wide MFA Disabled by Admin User {event.udm('actor_user')}"


def alert_context(event):
    context = {
        "user": event.udm("actor_user"),
        "ip": event.udm("source_ip"),
        "event": event.get("eventType"),
    }
    return context

Analyst notes

Contact Admin to ensure this was sanctioned activity

Raw source Okta MFA Globally Disabled · Panther Python
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Published by panther-labs/panther-analysis ↗, licensed under Apache 2.0 ↗. Reproduced here unmodified.
AnalysisType: rule
Filename: okta_admin_disabled_mfa.py
RuleID: "Okta.Global.MFA.Disabled"
DisplayName: "Okta MFA Globally Disabled"
Enabled: true
LogTypes:
  - Okta.SystemLog
Tags:
  - Identity & Access Management
  - DataModel
  - Okta
  - Defense Evasion:Modify Authentication Process
Reports:
  MITRE ATT&CK:
    - TA0005:T1556
Severity: High
Description: An admin user has disabled the MFA requirement for your Okta account
Reference: https://help.okta.com/oie/en-us/content/topics/identity-engine/authenticators/about-authenticators.htm
Runbook: Contact Admin to ensure this was sanctioned activity
DedupPeriodMinutes: 15
SummaryAttributes:
  - eventType
  - severity
  - displayMessage
  - p_any_ip_addresses
Tests:
  - Name: MFA Disabled
    ExpectedResult: true
    Log:
      {
        "published": "2022-03-22 14:21:53.225",
        "eventType": "system.mfa.factor.deactivate",
        "version": "0",
        "severity": "HIGH",
        "actor":
          {
            "alternateId": "homer@springfield.gov",
            "displayName": "Homer Simpson",
            "id": "111111",
            "type": "User",
          },
        "client":
          {
            "device": "Computer",
            "ipAddress": "1.1.1.1",
            "userAgent":
              {
                "browser": "CHROME",
                "os": "Mac OS X",
                "rawUserAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.83 Safari/537.36",
              },
            "zone": "null",
          },
        "p_log_type": "Okta.SystemLog",
      }
  - Name: Login Event
    ExpectedResult: False
    Log:
      {
        "published": "2022-03-22 14:21:53.225",
        "eventType": "user.session.start",
        "version": "0",
        "severity": "INFO",
        "actor":
          {
            "alternateId": "homer@springfield.gov",
            "displayName": "Homer Simpson",
            "id": "111111",
            "type": "User",
          },
        "client":
          {
            "device": "Computer",
            "ipAddress": "1.1.1.1",
            "userAgent":
              {
                "browser": "CHROME",
                "os": "Mac OS X",
                "rawUserAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.83 Safari/537.36",
              },
            "zone": "null",
          },
        "p_log_type": "Okta.SystemLog",
      }


# ------ paired body: okta_admin_disabled_mfa.py ------

import panther_event_type_helpers as event_type


def rule(event):
    return event.udm("event_type") == event_type.ADMIN_MFA_DISABLED


def title(event):
    return f"Okta System-wide MFA Disabled by Admin User {event.udm('actor_user')}"


def alert_context(event):
    context = {
        "user": event.udm("actor_user"),
        "ip": event.udm("source_ip"),
        "event": event.get("eventType"),
    }
    return context

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