Privileged Account Password Reset with Pre-Reset Brute Force and Post-Reset Out-of-Hours Logon
This rule detects potentially malicious activity against accounts classified as having a high blast radius. It correlates three stages of behavior: observed failed authentication attempts (brute force) against a high-blast-radius account, a password reset for that same account, and a subsequent successful logon outside of standard business hours (using Logon Types 3 or 10). The rule uses a password reset event as the mandatory anchor and flags suspicious sequences of events leading up to or following this change.
Microsoft Sentinel (KQL)
