Query Details

Multiple URL 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 ("[URL]")
    | project IndicatorId, BenignProperty
;
let _TIExcludedSources = toscalar(
    _GetWatchlist('Activity-ExpectedSignificantActivity')
    | where Activity == "ThreatIndicatorSource"
    | summarize make_list(Auxiliar)
    );
let _URLRegex = toscalar(
    _GetWatchlist('RegEx-SingleRegularExpressions')
    | where UseCase == "Threat Intelligence Indicator URL"
    | 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, 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(Url)
        | extend Url = trim_end(@"\/", Url)
        // 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.Url == $right.BenignProperty
        // Deduplicate indicators by Url column, equivalent to using join kind=innerunique afterwards
        | summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
            minTimeGenerated = min(minTimeGenerated),
            take_any(*)
            by Url
        // 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(extract(_URLRegex, 3, Url), ".")[-1])
    //    | summarize make_set_if(AuxiliarField, isnotempty(AuxiliarField), 10000)
    //);
    //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)
        //| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(RemoteUrl has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // valid TLD ~1500 , "has_any" limit 10000
        | extend Urls = todynamic(dynamic_to_json(extract_all(_URLRegex, dynamic([1]), 
            case(
            RemotePort == 443 and not(RemoteUrl has @"https:"), strcat(@"https://", RemoteUrl),
            RemotePort == 80 and not(RemoteUrl has @"http:"), strcat(@"http://", RemoteUrl),
            RemoteUrl
            ))))
        | mv-expand Url = Urls to typeof(string)
        | where isnotempty(Url)
        | extend Url = trim_end(@"\/", Url)
        //| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(Url in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(Url))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
        | project-rename DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
    ;
    _Indicators
    | join kind=inner hint.strategy=shuffle _TableEvents on Url
    // Take only a single event by key columns
    //| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by Url, DeviceName
    | project
        DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated,
        Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation,
        DeviceName, LocalIP, ActionType, RemoteUrl, RemoteIP, RemotePort, Protocol, LocalPort, 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 and correlate threat indicators with network events in a security monitoring system. Here's a simplified breakdown of what it does:

  1. Setup and Definitions:

    • The query defines several parameters and helper functions to manage time frames and filter criteria.
    • It uses watchlists to exclude benign properties and specific sources from the analysis.
  2. Threat Indicators Processing:

    • It retrieves threat indicators from a database, focusing on those that are active and not expired.
    • It filters out indicators from unwanted sources and those marked as benign.
    • It deduplicates the indicators based on the URL.
  3. Network Events Processing:

    • It collects network events from a specified time range.
    • It extracts URLs from these events and processes them to ensure they match the format of the threat indicators.
  4. Matching and Correlation:

    • The query attempts to match the processed threat indicators with the network events based on URLs.
    • It performs two types of matches:
      • Current events with all available indicators.
      • Past events with new indicators since the last query execution.
  5. Result Compilation:

    • It combines the results from both matching processes.
    • It summarizes the data to ensure only the most recent event per indicator and device is kept.
    • It extends the results with additional information for further analysis or alerting.

In essence, this query helps in identifying potential security threats by correlating known threat indicators with actual network activity, allowing security teams to focus on relevant and timely threats.

Details

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Jose Sebastián Canós

Released: December 13, 2023

Tables

ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorDeviceNetworkEvents

Keywords

ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorDeviceNetworkEventsDeviceNameLocalIPRemoteUrlRemoteIPRemotePortProtocolLocalPortInitiatingProcessCommandLineInitiatingProcessFolderPathInitiatingProcessAccountNameInitiatingProcessAccountUpn

Operators

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