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 = 2d;
let _TIBenignProperty =
_GetWatchlist('ID-TIBenignProperty')
| where Notes has_any ("[DestinationIPAddress]")
| project IndicatorId, BenignProperty
;
let _TIExcludedSources = toscalar(
_GetWatchlist('Activity-ExpectedSignificantActivity')
| where Activity == "ThreatIndicatorSource"
| summarize make_list(Auxiliar)
);
let _IPv4Regex = toscalar(
_GetWatchlist('RegEx-SingleRegularExpressions')
| where UseCase == "Threat Intelligence Indicator IPv4"
| project RegEx
);
let _IPv6Regex = toscalar(
_GetWatchlist('RegEx-SingleRegularExpressions')
| where UseCase == "Threat Intelligence Indicator IPv6"
| 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, 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 =
Syslog
| where TimeGenerated between (table_start .. table_end)
// Filter events that may contain indicators
| where isnotempty(SyslogMessage) and not(SyslogMessage has @'[preauth]')
//| where not(Facility in ("auth", "authpriv") and not(ProcessName == "sudo") and (SyslogMessage has_any ("from", "Timeout before authentication") or (SyslogMessage has_any ("closed", "reset") and SyslogMessage has_all ("by", "port"))) and not(SyslogMessage has_any ("Disconnecting", "Disconnected", "Accepted", "disconnect")))
//| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(SyslogMessage has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // "has_any" limit 10000
| mv-expand IPAddress = todynamic(dynamic_to_json(extract_all(strcat(@"\s", "(", _IPv4Regex, "|", _IPv6Regex, ")"), dynamic([1]), SyslogMessage)))
| extend IPAddress = tostring(IPAddress[0])
| where isnotempty(IPAddress) and not(isnotempty(parse_ipv4(IPAddress)) and (ipv4_is_private(IPAddress) or ipv4_is_in_any_range(IPAddress, "0.0.0.0/8", "127.0.0.0/8")))
//| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(IPAddress in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(TI_IPAddress))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
| project-rename Syslog_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, HostName
| project
Syslog_TimeGenerated,
Description,
ActivityGroupNames,
IndicatorId,
ThreatType,
DomainName,
Url,
ExpirationDateTime,
ConfidenceScore,
SourceSystem,
Tags,
AdditionalInformation,
TI_IPAddress,
NetworkIP,
NetworkSourceIP,
NetworkDestinationIP,
EmailSourceIpAddress,
HostName,
HostIP,
Facility,
SeverityLevel,
ProcessName,
SyslogMessage
};
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(Syslog_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, HostName
| extend
timestamp = Syslog_TimeGenerated,
HostCustomEntity = HostName,
IPCustomEntity = TI_IPAddress
This query is used to match threat indicators with table events in order to identify any potential threats. The query assumes that threat indicators are ingested periodically and only new or modified indicators are included. It retrieves threat indicators from a watchlist and filters out indicators from specific sources and indicators with benign properties. It then matches the indicators with table events based on IP addresses. The query also includes parameters for query frequency, query period, and table query lookback. The results are summarized by indicator ID and host name, and additional fields such as timestamp, host custom entity, and IP custom entity are added to the output.

Jose Sebastián Canós
Released: August 22, 2023
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