Detection: MFA Disabled

Overview

Detect when multi-factor authentication (MFA) is disabled on a GitHub account. While this may occur as part of user account changes, it can also indicate that an attacker has compromised the account and disabled MFA to maintain persistence with reduced detection risk. Monitoring these events is critical to preserving strong account security and preventing unauthorized access.

References:

Configuring two-factor authentication

Usage

Run the detection in your terminal:

powerpipe detection run github_security_log_detections.detection.mfa_disabled

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe detection run github_security_log_detections.detection.mfa_disabled --share

SQL

This detection uses a named query:

select
  tp_timestamp as timestamp,
action as operation,
concat('https://github.com/', user) as resource,
actor,
tp_source_ip as source_ip,
tp_id as source_id,
*
exclude (actor, timestamp)

from
  github_security_log
where
  action in ('two_factor_authentication.disabled')
order by
  tp_timestamp desc;

Detection: MFA Disabled

Overview

Usage

SQL

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