Correlate failed login activity before alerting

config/ocsentinel-settings.example.json

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "warningEventThreshold": 1,
+  "warningEventThreshold": 10,
-  "criticalEventThreshold": 20,
+  "criticalEventThreshold": 30,
-  "warningUniqueIpThreshold": 1,
+  "warningUniqueIpThreshold": 5,
-  "criticalUniqueIpThreshold": 10,
+  "criticalUniqueIpThreshold": 12,
+  "loginBurstWindowMinutes": 15,
+  "warningLoginBurstCount": 5,
+  "criticalLoginBurstCount": 20,
+  "warningSprayAccountCount": 5,
+  "criticalSprayAccountCount": 10,
   "correlationWarningCveThreshold": 1,
   "correlationCriticalCveThreshold": 1,
   "ftpRoots": [

src/OCSentinelCli/AttackScanner.cs

@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ internal sealed class AttackScanner
             .ToList();
 
         int uniqueIpCount = attacks.Select(static attack => attack.SourceIp).Distinct(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).Count();
-        string baseAlertState = GetAlertState(attacks.Count, uniqueIpCount, configuration);
+        AlertAssessment baseAssessment = AssessAttackActivity(attacks, uniqueIpCount, configuration);
-        string baseAlertReason = GetAlertReason(attacks.Count, uniqueIpCount, configuration, baseAlertState);
+        string baseAlertState = baseAssessment.State;
+        string baseAlertReason = baseAssessment.Reason;
         VulnerabilityCorrelationSummary vulnerabilityCorrelation = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(options.VulnerabilityCsvPath)
             ? VulnerabilityCorrelationSummary.Empty()
             : VulnerabilityCorrelation.LoadForMachine(Environment.MachineName, options.VulnerabilityCsvPath, errors);
@@ -469,28 +470,90 @@ internal sealed class AttackScanner
         return IPAddress.TryParse(input, out _);
     }
 
-    private static string GetAlertState(int totalEvents, int uniqueIpCount, ScannerConfiguration configuration)
+    private static AlertAssessment AssessAttackActivity(IReadOnlyList<AttackEvent> attacks, int uniqueIpCount, ScannerConfiguration configuration)
     {
-        if (totalEvents >= configuration.CriticalEventThreshold || uniqueIpCount >= configuration.CriticalUniqueIpThreshold)
+        if (attacks.Count == 0)
         {
-            return "critical";
+            return new AlertAssessment("ok", "No failed login activity observed.");
         }
 
-        if (totalEvents >= configuration.WarningEventThreshold || uniqueIpCount >= configuration.WarningUniqueIpThreshold)
+        TimeSpan window = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(configuration.LoginBurstWindowMinutes);
+        int largestBurst = attacks
+            .GroupBy(attack => (attack.SourceIp, attack.Username, attack.Target))
+            .Select(group => GetPeakEventCount(group.OrderBy(attack => attack.Timestamp).ToList(), window))
+            .DefaultIfEmpty(0)
+            .Max();
+        int largestSpray = attacks
+            .GroupBy(attack => attack.SourceIp)
+            .Select(group => GetPeakDistinctAccountCount(group.OrderBy(attack => attack.Timestamp).ToList(), window))
+            .DefaultIfEmpty(0)
+            .Max();
+
+        if (largestBurst >= configuration.CriticalLoginBurstCount || largestSpray >= configuration.CriticalSprayAccountCount)
         {
-            return "warning";
+            return new AlertAssessment("critical", $"High-confidence login attack pattern: burst={largestBurst}, sprayed accounts={largestSpray}, window={configuration.LoginBurstWindowMinutes}m.");
         }
 
-        return "ok";
+        if (largestBurst >= configuration.WarningLoginBurstCount || largestSpray >= configuration.WarningSprayAccountCount)
+        {
+            return new AlertAssessment("warning", $"Suspicious login pattern: burst={largestBurst}, sprayed accounts={largestSpray}, window={configuration.LoginBurstWindowMinutes}m.");
+        }
+
+        int criticalEventThreshold = Math.Max(configuration.CriticalEventThreshold, configuration.CriticalLoginBurstCount);
+        int criticalIpThreshold = Math.Max(configuration.CriticalUniqueIpThreshold, configuration.CriticalSprayAccountCount);
+        int warningEventThreshold = Math.Max(configuration.WarningEventThreshold, configuration.WarningLoginBurstCount * 2);
+        int warningIpThreshold = Math.Max(configuration.WarningUniqueIpThreshold, configuration.WarningSprayAccountCount);
+
+        if (attacks.Count >= criticalEventThreshold || uniqueIpCount >= criticalIpThreshold)
+        {
+            return new AlertAssessment("critical", $"Critical volume threshold reached: events={attacks.Count}, unique IPs={uniqueIpCount}.");
+        }
+
+        if (attacks.Count >= warningEventThreshold || uniqueIpCount >= warningIpThreshold)
+        {
+            return new AlertAssessment("warning", $"Elevated failed-login volume: events={attacks.Count}, unique IPs={uniqueIpCount}.");
+        }
+
+        return new AlertAssessment("ok", $"Low-volume login errors observed: events={attacks.Count}, unique IPs={uniqueIpCount}; no burst or password-spraying pattern detected.");
     }
 
-    private static string GetAlertReason(int totalEvents, int uniqueIpCount, ScannerConfiguration configuration, string alertState)
+    private static int GetPeakEventCount(IReadOnlyList<AttackEvent> events, TimeSpan window)
     {
-        return alertState switch
+        int start = 0;
+        int peak = 0;
+        for (int end = 0; end < events.Count; end++)
         {
-            "critical" => $"Critical threshold reached. Events={totalEvents}/{configuration.CriticalEventThreshold}, UniqueIPs={uniqueIpCount}/{configuration.CriticalUniqueIpThreshold}.",
+            while (events[end].Timestamp - events[start].Timestamp > window)
-            "warning" => $"Warning threshold reached. Events={totalEvents}/{configuration.WarningEventThreshold}, UniqueIPs={uniqueIpCount}/{configuration.WarningUniqueIpThreshold}.",
+            {
-            _ => "No thresholds exceeded."
+                start++;
-        };
+            }
+            peak = Math.Max(peak, end - start + 1);
+        }
+        return peak;
     }
+
+    private static int GetPeakDistinctAccountCount(IReadOnlyList<AttackEvent> events, TimeSpan window)
+    {
+        var accounts = new Dictionary<string, int>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        int start = 0;
+        int peak = 0;
+        for (int end = 0; end < events.Count; end++)
+        {
+            accounts[events[end].Username] = accounts.GetValueOrDefault(events[end].Username) + 1;
+            while (events[end].Timestamp - events[start].Timestamp > window)
+            {
+                string account = events[start].Username;
+                accounts[account]--;
+                if (accounts[account] == 0)
+                {
+                    accounts.Remove(account);
+                }
+                start++;
+            }
+            peak = Math.Max(peak, accounts.Count);
+        }
+        return peak;
+    }
+
+    private sealed record AlertAssessment(string State, string Reason);
 }

src/OCSentinelCli/Configuration.cs

@@ -4,13 +4,23 @@ namespace OCSentinelCli;
 
 internal sealed record ScannerConfiguration
 {
-    public int WarningEventThreshold { get; init; } = 1;
+    public int WarningEventThreshold { get; init; } = 10;
 
-    public int CriticalEventThreshold { get; init; } = 20;
+    public int CriticalEventThreshold { get; init; } = 30;
 
-    public int WarningUniqueIpThreshold { get; init; } = 1;
+    public int WarningUniqueIpThreshold { get; init; } = 5;
 
-    public int CriticalUniqueIpThreshold { get; init; } = 10;
+    public int CriticalUniqueIpThreshold { get; init; } = 12;
+
+    public int LoginBurstWindowMinutes { get; init; } = 15;
+
+    public int WarningLoginBurstCount { get; init; } = 5;
+
+    public int CriticalLoginBurstCount { get; init; } = 20;
+
+    public int WarningSprayAccountCount { get; init; } = 5;
+
+    public int CriticalSprayAccountCount { get; init; } = 10;
 
     public int CorrelationWarningCveThreshold { get; init; } = 1;
 

src/OCSentinelCli/OCSentinelCli.csproj

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     <RootNamespace>OCSentinelCli</RootNamespace>
     <Product>OfficeCom Sentinel</Product>
     <Company>OfficeCom</Company>
-    <Version>1.3.7</Version>
+    <Version>1.4.0</Version>
-    <AssemblyVersion>1.3.7.0</AssemblyVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>1.4.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>1.3.7.0</FileVersion>
+    <FileVersion>1.4.0.0</FileVersion>
-    <InformationalVersion>1.3.7</InformationalVersion>
+    <InformationalVersion>1.4.0</InformationalVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>