Sigma rule: Account Lockout

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-cd4eb6416809, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Account Lockout
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
AlertIQ
Date
2021-10-10
Modified
2022-12-25
File
rules/cloud/azure/signin_logs/azure_account_lockout.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Identifies user account which has been locked because the user tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect user ID or password.

Log source

product
azure
service
signinlogs

Detection

selection:
    ResultType: 50053
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.t1110

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/signin_logs/azure_account_lockout.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Account Lockout" by AlertIQ (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/azure/signin_logs/azure_account_lockout.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Account Lockout",
entity page, dataset version ref-cd4eb6416809, updated 2022-12-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/2b7d6fc0-71ac-4cf7-8ed1-b5788ee5257a (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 2b7d6fc0-71ac-4cf7-8ed1-b5788ee5257a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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