Query Details

Multiple Domain Entity Device Network Events

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 = 3d;
let _TIBenignProperty =
    _GetWatchlist('ID-TIBenignProperty')
    | where Notes has_any ("[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, SourceSystem, Tags, 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 =
        DeviceNetworkEvents
        | where ingestion_time() between (table_start .. table_end)
        // Filter events that may contain indicators
        | where isnotempty(RemoteUrl)
            or isnotempty(AdditionalFields["query"])
            or (isnotempty(AdditionalFields["uri"]) and isnotempty(AdditionalFields["host"]))
        | extend Auxiliar = coalesce(RemoteUrl, tostring(AdditionalFields["query"]), tostring(AdditionalFields["uri"]))
        //| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(RemoteUrl has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // valid TLD ~1500 , "has_any" limit 10000
        | extend Domains = todynamic(dynamic_to_json(extract_all(_DomainRegex, dynamic([1]), Auxiliar)))
        | 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 DeviceNetworkEvents_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, DeviceName
    | project
        DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated,
        Description,
        ActivityGroupNames,
        IndicatorId,
        ThreatType,
        DomainName,
        Url,
        ExpirationDateTime,
        ConfidenceScore,
        SourceSystem,
        Tags,
        AdditionalInformation,
        DeviceName,
        LocalIP,
        ActionType,
        RemoteUrl,
        RemoteIP,
        RemotePort,
        Protocol,
        LocalPort,
        AdditionalFields,
        InitiatingProcessCommandLine,
        InitiatingProcessFolderPath,
        InitiatingProcessAccountName,
        InitiatingProcessAccountUpn
};
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(DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, DeviceName
| extend
    timestamp = DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated,
    HostCustomEntity = DeviceName,
    IPCustomEntity = RemoteIP,
    AccountCustomEntity = InitiatingProcessAccountUpn,
    URLCustomEntity = Url

Explanation

This query is designed to identify network events that match threat indicators from a threat intelligence feed. Here's a simplified breakdown of what the query does:

  1. Setup and Definitions:

    • It defines some parameters like how often the query should run (query_frequency), the period it covers (query_period), and how far back it should look for events (table_query_lookback).
    • It retrieves lists of benign properties and excluded sources from watchlists to filter out non-threatening indicators.
  2. Threat Indicators Processing:

    • It fetches threat indicators from the ThreatIntelligenceIndicator table that are active and not expired.
    • It filters out indicators from certain sources and those marked with benign properties.
    • It deduplicates these indicators based on the domain name.
  3. Network Events Processing:

    • It retrieves network events from the DeviceNetworkEvents table within a specified time range.
    • It extracts domain information from these events using a regular expression.
    • It expands and processes these domains to match against the threat indicators.
  4. Matching and Results:

    • It matches the processed network events with the threat indicators based on domain names.
    • It combines current and past events with new indicators to ensure comprehensive coverage.
    • It summarizes the results to show the most recent event for each indicator and device combination.
  5. Output:

    • The final output includes details about the matched events, such as the device name, IP addresses, URLs, and other relevant information, which are extended as custom entities for further analysis.

In essence, this query helps in identifying potential security threats by correlating network activity with known threat indicators, while filtering out false positives using predefined benign properties and excluded sources.

Details

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Jose Sebastián Canós

Released: April 1, 2024

Tables

ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorDeviceNetworkEvents

Keywords

ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorDeviceNetworkEventsDomainNameRemoteUrlAdditionalFieldsIndicatorIdDeviceNameLocalIPActionTypeRemoteIPRemotePortProtocolLocalPortInitiatingProcessCommandLineInitiatingProcessFolderPathInitiatingProcessAccountNameInitiatingProcessAccountUpnActivityGroupNamesThreatTypeExpirationDateTimeConfidenceScoreSourceSystemTagsAdditionalInformation

Operators

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