Query Details
// 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))
// 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
| extend Domain = tolower(tostring(Domain[0]))
| 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 = Url
The query is retrieving threat indicators from a feed and matching them with events in the AuditLogs table. It filters out inactive or expired indicators, removes indicators from specific sources, and excludes indicators with benign properties. It then joins the filtered indicators with events in the AuditLogs table based on the domain. The query is run periodically, and it retrieves new indicators since the last execution. The final result is a summary of the matched events with relevant information such as timestamp, user account, IP address, and URL.

Jose Sebastián Canós
Released: December 5, 2022
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