Query Details

Multiple IP Entity AWS Cloud Trail

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 ("[SourceIPAddress]")
    | 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, SourceSystem, Tags, AdditionalInformation, ExternalIndicatorId, NetworkIP, NetworkSourceIP, NetworkDestinationIP, EmailSourceIpAddress)
            by IndicatorId
        // Remove inactive or expired indicators
        | where not(not(Active) or ExpirationDateTime < now())
        // Pick indicators that contain the desired entity type
        | mv-expand IPAddress = pack_array(NetworkIP, NetworkSourceIP, NetworkDestinationIP, EmailSourceIpAddress) to typeof(string)
        | where isnotempty(IPAddress)
        | extend TI_IPAddress = IPAddress
        // Remove indicators from specific sources
        | where not(AdditionalInformation has_any (_TIExcludedSources))
        // Remove excluded indicators with benign properties
        | join kind=leftanti _TIBenignProperty on IndicatorId, $left.IPAddress == $right.BenignProperty
        // Deduplicate indicators by IPAddress column, equivalent to using join kind=innerunique afterwards
        | summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
            minTimeGenerated = min(minTimeGenerated),
            take_any(*)
            by IPAddress
        // 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(extract(@"([0-9A-Za-f]+)[\.\:]", 1, IPAddress))
    //    | summarize make_set_if(AuxiliarField, isnotempty(AuxiliarField), 10000)
    //);
    //let _IndicatorsPrefilterLength = array_length(_IndicatorsPrefilter);
    let _TableEvents =
        AWSCloudTrail
        | where ingestion_time() between (table_start .. table_end)
        // Filter events that may contain indicators
        | where isnotempty(SourceIpAddress) and (isnotempty(parse_ipv4(SourceIpAddress)) or isnotempty(parse_ipv6(SourceIpAddress)))
        //| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(SourceIpAddress has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // "has_any" limit 10000
        //| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(SourceIpAddress in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(TI_IPAddress))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
        | extend IPAddress = SourceIpAddress
        | project-rename AWSCloudTrail_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
    ;
    _Indicators
    | join kind=inner hint.strategy=shuffle _TableEvents on IPAddress
    // Take only a single event by key columns
    //| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by IPAddress, UserIdentityAccountId
    | project
        AWSCloudTrail_TimeGenerated,
        Description,
        ActivityGroupNames,
        IndicatorId,
        ThreatType,
        DomainName,
        Url,
        ExpirationDateTime,
        ConfidenceScore,
        SourceSystem,
        Tags,
        AdditionalInformation,
        TI_IPAddress,
        NetworkIP,
        NetworkSourceIP,
        NetworkDestinationIP,
        EmailSourceIpAddress,
        EventTypeName,
        EventSource,
        EventName,
        ManagementEvent,
        ReadOnly,
        UserIdentityType,
        UserIdentityAccountId,
        UserIdentityArn,
        UserIdentityUserName,
        SourceIpAddress,
        UserAgent,
        SessionMfaAuthenticated,
        ErrorCode,
        ErrorMessage,
        Resources,
        RequestParameters,
        ResponseElements,
        AdditionalEventData,
        AwsEventId
};
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(AWSCloudTrail_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, UserIdentityAccountId
| extend
    timestamp = AWSCloudTrail_TimeGenerated,
    IPCustomEntity = TI_IPAddress

Explanation

This query is used to match threat indicators from a feed with table events in order to identify any potential threats. The query assumes that the threat indicators are ingested periodically and only new or modified indicators are synchronized. The query includes several variables such as the frequency of the query, the period to look back for table events, and the wait time. It also includes two watchlists for benign properties and excluded sources. The query then matches the threat indicators with table events based on IP addresses and other key columns. The results are summarized and include information such as the timestamp, indicator ID, user identity, and IP address.

Details

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Jose Sebastián Canós

Released: August 22, 2023

Tables

ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorAWSCloudTrail

Keywords

ThreatIntelligenceIndicator,Sentinel,_GetWatchlist,ID-TIBenignProperty,Activity-ExpectedSignificantActivity,_TIExcludedSources,_TITableMatch,query_frequency,query_period,query_wait,table_query_lookback,_Indicators,_TableEvents,AWSCloudTrail,SourceIpAddress,IPAddress,AWSCloudTrail_TimeGenerated,Description,ActivityGroupNames,IndicatorId,ThreatType,DomainName,Url,ExpirationDateTime,ConfidenceScore,SourceSystem,Tags,AdditionalInformation,TI_IPAddress,NetworkIP,NetworkSourceIP,NetworkDestinationIP,EmailSourceIpAddress,EventTypeName,EventSource,EventName,ManagementEvent,ReadOnly,UserIdentityType,UserIdentityAccountId,UserIdentityArn,UserIdentityUserName,UserAgent,SessionMfaAuthenticated,ErrorCode,ErrorMessage,Resources,RequestParameters,ResponseElements,AdditionalEventData,AwsEventId,timestamp,IPCustomEntity

Operators

letwhereprojecthas_anysummarizemake_listtoscalarjoinkind=leftantiextendmv-expandisnotemptyisnotempty(parse_ipv4)isnotempty(parse_ipv6)project-renameunionagobyarg_maxsummarize arg_maxextend timestampextend IPCustomEntity

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