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// 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 = 1h;
let table_query_lookback = 14d;
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 =
        EmailAttachmentInfo
        | where ingestion_time() between (table_start .. table_end)
        // Filter events that may contain indicators
        | where isnotempty(SHA256)
        | extend FileHashValue = toupper(SHA256)
        //| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(FileHashValue in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(FileHashValue))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
        | project-rename EmailAttachmentInfo_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, NetworkMessageId
    | project
        EmailAttachmentInfo_TimeGenerated,
        Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation, FileHashValue, FileHashType,
        SenderFromAddress, SenderDisplayName, RecipientEmailAddress, FileName, FileType, FileSize, SHA256, ThreatTypes, DetectionMethods, NetworkMessageId, ReportId
    | join kind=leftouter hint.strategy=shuffle (
        EmailEvents
        | where ingestion_time() between(table_start .. now())
        | project
            SenderFromDomain,
            SenderMailFromAddress,
            SenderMailFromDomain,
            SenderIPv4,
            SenderIPv6,
            AuthenticationDetails,
            EmailDirection,
            Subject,
            EmailLanguage,
            UrlCount,
            AttachmentCount,
            AdditionalFields,
            OrgLevelPolicy,
            OrgLevelAction,
            UserLevelPolicy,
            UserLevelAction,
            EmailActionPolicy,
            EmailAction,
            DeliveryAction,
            DeliveryLocation,
            ConfidenceLevel,
            Connectors,
            NetworkMessageId,
            EmailEvents_ReportId = ReportId
        )
        on NetworkMessageId
    | project-away NetworkMessageId1
};
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(EmailAttachmentInfo_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, NetworkMessageId
| extend
    timestamp = EmailAttachmentInfo_TimeGenerated,
    FileHashCustomEntity = FileHashValue