LoFP LoFP / a mfa device may be deactivated by a system or network administrator. verify whether the user identity, user agent, and/or hostname should be making changes in your environment. mfa device deactivations from unfamiliar users or hosts should be investigated. if known behavior is causing false positives, it can be exempted from the rule.

Techniques

Sample rules

AWS IAM Deactivation of MFA Device

Description

Identifies the deactivation of a specified multi-factor authentication (MFA) device and removes it from association with the user name for which it was originally enabled. In AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), a device must be deactivated before it can be deleted.

Detection logic

event.dataset:aws.cloudtrail and event.provider:iam.amazonaws.com and event.action:(DeactivateMFADevice or DeleteVirtualMFADevice) and event.outcome:success