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ThreatConnect TI Map URL Entity to OfficeActivity Data

Severity
medium
Time window
14d
Group by
IndicatorId, Url
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

'This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in OfficeActivity data.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & Control

Rule body

id: 12c3b31b-66a6-53ff-b6ab-6ae45e56dc92
name: ThreatConnect TI Map URL Entity to OfficeActivity Data
version: 1.0.1
kind: Scheduled
description: |
  'This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in OfficeActivity data.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Office365
    dataTypes:
     - OfficeActivity
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
     - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: MicrosoftDefenderThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 14d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - CommandAndControl
relevantTechniques:
  - T1071
query: |
  let dt_lookBack = 1h;
  let ioc_lookBack = 14d;
    ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
    | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
    | where ExpirationDateTime > now() and Active == true
  // Filter out non ThreatConnect TI Sources
  | where SourceSystem startswith "ThreatConnect-"
  // Picking up only IOC's that contain the entities we want
  | where isnotempty(Url)
  // using innerunique to keep perf fast and result set low, we only need one match to indicate potential malicious activity that needs to be investigated
  | join kind=innerunique (
    OfficeActivity
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
    //Extract the Url from a number of potential fields
    | extend Url = iif(OfficeWorkload == "AzureActiveDirectory",extract("(http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\\(\\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+);", 1,ModifiedProperties),tostring(parse_json(ModifiedProperties)[12].NewValue))
    | where isnotempty(Url)
    // Ensure we get a clean URL
    | extend Url = tostring(split(Url, ';')[0])
    | extend OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
    // Project a single user identity that we can use for entity mapping
    | extend User = iif(isnotempty(UserId), UserId, iif(isnotempty(Actor), tostring(parse_json(Actor)[0].ID), tostring(parse_json(Parameters)[0].Value)))
  ) on Url
  | where OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
  | summarize OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = arg_max(OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, Url
  | project OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, Operation,
  UserType, OfficeWorkload, Parameters, Url, User
  | extend timestamp = OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Name = tostring(split(User, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(User, '@', 1)[0])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: Url

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: let

let dt_lookBack = 1h;
let ioc_lookBack = 14d;

Stage 1: source

ThreatIntelligenceIndicator

Stage 2: where

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)

Stage 3: summarize

| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId

Stage 4: where

| where ExpirationDateTime > now() and Active == true

Stage 5: where

| where SourceSystem startswith "ThreatConnect-"

Stage 6: where

| where isnotempty(Url)

Stage 7: join

| join kind=innerunique (
  OfficeActivity
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
  | extend Url = iif(OfficeWorkload == "AzureActiveDirectory",extract("(http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\\(\\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+);", 1,ModifiedProperties),tostring(parse_json(ModifiedProperties)[12].NewValue))
  | where isnotempty(Url)
  | extend Url = tostring(split(Url, ';')[0])
  | extend OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
  | extend User = iif(isnotempty(UserId), UserId, iif(isnotempty(Actor), tostring(parse_json(Actor)[0].ID), tostring(parse_json(Parameters)[0].Value)))
) on Url

Stage 8: where

where OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime

Stage 9: summarize

summarize OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated by IndicatorId, Url

Stage 10: project

project ActivityGroupNames, ConfidenceScore, Description, ExpirationDateTime, IndicatorId, OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, OfficeWorkload, Operation, Parameters, ThreatType, Url, User, UserType

Stage 11: extend

extend Name, UPNSuffix, timestamp

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
ActivityGroupNamesproject
ConfidenceScoreproject
Descriptionproject
ExpirationDateTimeproject
IndicatorIdproject
OfficeActivity_TimeGeneratedproject
OfficeWorkloadproject
Operationproject
Parametersproject
ThreatTypeproject
Urlproject
Userproject
UserTypeproject
Nameextend
UPNSuffixextend
timestampextend