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 = 14d;
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))
// 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 =
OfficeActivity
| where ingestion_time() between (table_start .. table_end)
// Filter events that may contain indicators
| where isnotempty(ModifiedProperties)
//| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(ModifiedProperties has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // valid TLD ~1500 , "has_any" limit 10000
| extend Urls = todynamic(dynamic_to_json(extract_all(_URLRegex, dynamic([1]), ModifiedProperties)))
| mv-expand Url = Urls
| extend Url = tostring(Url[0])
| 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 OfficeActivity_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, UserId
| project
OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated,
Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation,
OfficeWorkload, RecordType, Operation, UserType, UserId, ClientIP, ResultStatus, OfficeObjectId, Parameters
};
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(OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, UserId
| extend
timestamp = OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated,
AccountCustomEntity = UserId,
IPCustomEntity = ClientIP,
URLCustomEntity = Url
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. The query includes several variables for the frequency and period of the query, as well as the wait time and lookback period for the table events. It also includes several subqueries to retrieve and filter the necessary data. The final result is a summary of the matched events and indicators, including the timestamp, user account, IP address, and URL associated with each threat indicator.

Jose Sebastián Canós
Released: December 5, 2022
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