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 = 3d;
let _TIBenignProperty =
_GetWatchlist('ID-TIBenignProperty')
| where Notes has_any ("[Hash]")
| project IndicatorId, BenignProperty
;
let _TIExcludedSources = toscalar(
_GetWatchlist('Activity-ExpectedSignificantActivity')
| where Activity == "ThreatIndicatorSource"
| summarize make_list(Auxiliar)
);
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, FileHashValue, FileHashType)
by IndicatorId
// Remove inactive or expired indicators
| where not(not(Active) or ExpirationDateTime < now())
// Pick indicators that contain the desired entity type
| where isnotempty(FileHashValue)
| extend FileHashValue = toupper(FileHashValue)
// Remove indicators from specific sources
| where not(AdditionalInformation has_any (_TIExcludedSources))
// Remove excluded indicators with benign properties
| join kind=leftanti _TIBenignProperty on IndicatorId, $left.FileHashValue == $right.BenignProperty
// Deduplicate indicators by FileHashValue column, equivalent to using join kind=innerunique afterwards
| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
minTimeGenerated = min(minTimeGenerated),
take_any(*)
by FileHashValue
// 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 _TableEvents =
DeviceFileEvents
| where ingestion_time() between (table_start .. table_end)
// Filter events that may contain indicators
| mv-expand FileHashValue = pack_array(MD5, SHA1, SHA256) to typeof(string)
| where isnotempty(FileHashValue)
//| where not(FileHashValue in ("00000000000000000000000000000000", "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
| extend FileHashValue = toupper(FileHashValue)
//| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(FileHashValue in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(FileHashValue))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
| extend
DeviceFileEvents_FileName = FileName,
DeviceFileEvents_FileSize = FileSize
| project-rename DeviceFileEvents_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
;
_Indicators
| join kind=inner hint.strategy=shuffle _TableEvents on FileHashValue
// Take only a single event by key columns
//| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by FileHashValue, DeviceName
| project
DeviceFileEvents_TimeGenerated,
Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation, FileHashValue, FileHashType,
DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessAccountUpn, ActionType, DeviceFileEvents_FileName, DeviceFileEvents_FileSize, FolderPath, FileOriginReferrerUrl, FileOriginUrl, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFolderPath, MD5 = toupper(MD5), SHA1 = toupper(SHA1), SHA256 = toupper(SHA256)
};
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(DeviceFileEvents_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, DeviceName
| extend
timestamp = DeviceFileEvents_TimeGenerated,
HostCustomEntity = DeviceName,
AccountCustomEntity = InitiatingProcessAccountUpn,
FileHashCustomEntity = FileHashValue
This query is used to match threat indicators with table events. It assumes that a feed of threat indicators is ingested periodically, and each synchronization only includes new indicators and modified old indicators. The query defines several variables for the frequency and period of the query, as well as the lookback period for the table events.
The query first retrieves a list of benign properties and excluded sources from a watchlist. It then matches the threat indicators with the table events based on the FileHashValue column. The query removes inactive or expired indicators, filters indicators from specific sources, and removes excluded indicators with benign properties. It also deduplicates the indicators based on the FileHashValue column.
The query is executed periodically, and it matches both current and past table events with the available indicators. The results are summarized by IndicatorId and DeviceName, and additional fields are added for timestamp, host custom entity, account custom entity, and file hash custom entity.

Jose Sebastián Canós
Released: December 5, 2022
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