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Network endpoint to host executable correlation

Description

'Correlates blocked URLs hosting [malicious] executables with host endpoint data to identify potential instances of executables of the same name having been recently run.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.1.6
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let endpointData = 
(union isfuzzy=true
(SecurityEvent
  | where EventID == 4688
  | extend shortFileName = tolower(tostring(split(NewProcessName, '\\')[-1]))
  ),
  (WindowsEvent
  | where EventID == 4688
  | extend  NewProcessName = tostring(EventData.NewProcessName)
  | extend shortFileName = tolower(tostring(split(NewProcessName, '\\')[-1]))
  | extend TargetUserName = tostring(EventData.TargetUserName)
  ));
// Correlate suspect executables seen in TrendMicro rule updates with similar activity on endpoints
CommonSecurityLog
| where DeviceVendor =~ "Trend Micro"
| where Activity =~ "Deny List updated" 
| where RequestURL endswith ".exe"
| project TimeGenerated, Activity , RequestURL , SourceIP, DestinationIP
| extend suspectExeName = tolower(tostring(split(RequestURL, '/')[-1]))
| join kind=innerunique (endpointData) on $left.suspectExeName == $right.shortFileName 
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0]), DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))

Declared entities

AccountHostIPURL

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
01f64465-b1ef-41ea-a7f5-31553a11ad43
Additional source files 3Solutions/Network Threat Protection Essentials/Analytic Rules/NetworkEndpointCorrelation.yamlsource ↗Detections/MultipleDataSources/NetworkEndpointCorrelation.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Network Threat Protection Essentials/Data/Solution_NetworkThreatDetection.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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