Suspicious Account Lockout (via signinlogs)

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

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sigma
title: Suspicious Account Lockout (via signinlogs)
id: cd933d7c-6390-5c60-b0a9-833dc738861e
status: stable
description: This rule detects user account which has been locked because the user tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect user ID or password.
references:
    - https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/
    - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/architecture/security-operations-privileged-accounts
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-03-27
tags:
    - attack.credential-access
    - attack.t1110
logsource:
    product: azure
    service: signinlogs
detection:
    selection:
        ResultType: 50053
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unknown
level: medium

Known false positives

  • Unknown

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.