Multiple Domain Entity Audit Logs
Query
// This query assumes a feed of threat indicators is ingested/synchronized periodically, and each synchronization ingests new indicators and only old indicators that have been modified.
// Active threat indicators in Sentinel are renovated as ThreatIntelligenceIndicator events every ~12 days.
let query_frequency = 1h;
let query_period = 14d;
let query_wait = 0h;
let table_query_lookback = 14d;
let _TIBenignProperty =
_GetWatchlist('ID-TIBenignProperty')
| where Notes has_any ("[SourceDomain]", "[DestinationDomain]")
| project IndicatorId, BenignProperty
;
let _TIExcludedSources = toscalar(
_GetWatchlist('Activity-ExpectedSignificantActivity')
| where Activity == "ThreatIndicatorSource"
| summarize make_list(Auxiliar)
);
let _DomainRegex = toscalar(
_GetWatchlist('RegEx-SingleRegularExpressions')
| where UseCase == "Threat Intelligence Indicator Domain"
| project RegEx
);
let _TITableMatch = (table_start: datetime, table_end: datetime, only_new_ti: boolean, ti_start: datetime = datetime(null)) {
// Scheduled Analytics rules have a query period limit of 14d
let _Indicators =// materialize(
ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where TimeGenerated > ago(query_period)
// Take the earliest TimeGenerated and the latest column info
| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
minTimeGenerated = min(TimeGenerated),
arg_max(TimeGenerated, Active, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation, ExternalIndicatorId)
by IndicatorId
// Remove inactive or expired indicators
| where not(not(Active) or ExpirationDateTime < now())
// Pick indicators that contain the desired entity type
| where isnotempty(DomainName)
| extend Domain = tolower(DomainName)
// Remove indicators from specific sources
| where not(AdditionalInformation has_any (_TIExcludedSources) or Description has_any (_TIExcludedSources))
// Remove excluded indicators with benign properties
| join kind=leftanti _TIBenignProperty on IndicatorId, $left.Domain == $right.BenignProperty
// Deduplicate indicators by Domain column, equivalent to using join kind=innerunique afterwards
| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
minTimeGenerated = min(minTimeGenerated),
take_any(*)
by Domain
// If we want only new indicators, remove indicators received previously
| where not(only_new_ti and minTimeGenerated < ti_start)
//)
;
//let _IndicatorsLength = toscalar(_Indicators | summarize count());
//let _IndicatorsPrefilter = toscalar(
// _Indicators
// | extend AuxiliarField = tostring(split(Domain, ".")[-1])
// | summarize make_set_if(AuxiliarField, isnotempty(AuxiliarField))
//);
//let _IndicatorsPrefilterLength = array_length(_IndicatorsPrefilter);
let _TableEvents =
AuditLogs
| where TimeGenerated between (table_start .. table_end)
| extend UserPrincipalName = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
| extend IPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy[tostring(bag_keys(InitiatedBy)[0])].ipAddress)
// Filter events that may contain indicators
| where not(array_length(TargetResources) == 0)
//| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(TargetResources has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // valid TLD ~1500 , "has_any" limit 10000
| extend Domains = todynamic(dynamic_to_json(extract_all(_DomainRegex, dynamic([1]), tostring(TargetResources))))
| mv-expand Domain = Domains to typeof(string)
| where isnotempty(Domain)
| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by OriginalDomain = Domain
//| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(tostring(split(OriginalDomain, ".")[-1]) in (_IndicatorsPrefilter)))
| extend SplitLevelDomains = split(OriginalDomain, ".")
| mv-expand Level = range(0, array_length(SplitLevelDomains) - 2) to typeof(int)
| extend Domain = strcat_array(array_slice(SplitLevelDomains, Level, -1), ".")
//| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(Domain in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(Domain))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
| project-rename AuditLogs_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
;
_Indicators
| join kind=inner hint.strategy=shuffle _TableEvents on Domain
// Take only a single event by key columns
//| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by Domain, InitiatedBy
| project
AuditLogs_TimeGenerated,
Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation,
Category, OperationName, Result, ResultDescription, Identity, UserPrincipalName, IPAddress, InitiatedBy = tostring(InitiatedBy), LoggedByService, AdditionalDetails, TargetResources, CorrelationId
};
union// isfuzzy=true
// Match current table events all indicators available
_TITableMatch(ago(query_frequency + query_wait), ago(query_wait), false),
// Match past table events new indicators since last query execution
_TITableMatch(ago(table_query_lookback + query_wait), ago(query_frequency + query_wait), true, ago(query_frequency))
| summarize arg_max(AuditLogs_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, InitiatedBy
| extend
timestamp = AuditLogs_TimeGenerated,
AccountCustomEntity = UserPrincipalName,
IPCustomEntity = IPAddress,
URLCustomEntity = UrlExplanation
This query is designed to identify and correlate threat indicators with audit log events in Microsoft Sentinel. Here's a simplified breakdown of what it does:
-
Setup and Configuration:
- It defines several parameters and helper functions to manage the query's behavior, such as how frequently it runs (
query_frequency), the period it covers (query_period), and any waiting time before execution (query_wait). - It retrieves lists of benign properties and excluded sources from watchlists to filter out irrelevant threat indicators.
- It defines several parameters and helper functions to manage the query's behavior, such as how frequently it runs (
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Threat Indicator Processing:
- It extracts active threat indicators from the
ThreatIntelligenceIndicatortable that are not expired and contain domain information. - It filters out indicators from specific sources and those with benign properties.
- It deduplicates these indicators based on domain names.
- It extracts active threat indicators from the
-
Audit Log Event Processing:
- It retrieves events from the
AuditLogstable within a specified time range. - It extracts domain information from these events using a regular expression.
- It processes these domains to match them against the threat indicators.
- It retrieves events from the
-
Correlation:
- It joins the processed threat indicators with the audit log events based on domain matches.
- It ensures that only unique events are considered by deduplicating based on key columns.
-
Output:
- It combines results from current and past events with new indicators.
- It summarizes the results, taking the most recent event for each indicator and initiator combination.
- It extends the output with custom entities for easier analysis, such as user principal names and IP addresses.
Overall, this query helps in identifying potential security threats by correlating threat intelligence data with audit log events, allowing security analysts to focus on relevant incidents.
Details

Jose Sebastián Canós
Released: December 13, 2023
Tables
ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorAuditLogs
Keywords
ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorAuditLogsUserPrincipalNameIPAddressDomainNameUrlExpirationDateTimeConfidenceScoreAdditionalInformationExternalIndicatorIdDescriptionActivityGroupNamesIndicatorIdThreatTypeDomainTargetResourcesCorrelationId
Operators
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