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TI Map Domain entity to PaloAlto CommonSecurityLog

Description

Identifies a match in PaloAlto CommonSecurityLog table from any Domain IOC from TI
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.4.6
Query frequency
1h
Query period
14d
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 dt_lookBack = 1h; // Look back 1 hour
let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Look back 14 days
// Create a list of top-level domains (TLDs) from the threat feed data for later validation
let SecurityLog = materialize(
  CommonSecurityLog
    // Filter common security logs based on the specified time range
    | extend IngestionTime = ingestion_time()
    | where IngestionTime > ago(dt_lookBack)
    | where DeviceEventClassID =~ 'url'
    // Uncomment the line below to only alert on allowed connections
    //| where DeviceAction !~ "block-url"
    // Extract the domain from RequestURL, if not present, extract it from AdditionalExtensions
    | extend PA_Url = column_ifexists("RequestURL", "None")
    | extend PA_Url = iif(isempty(PA_Url) and AdditionalExtensions !startswith "PanOS", extract("([^\\\"]+)", 1, tolower(AdditionalExtensions)), trim('"', PA_Url))
    | extend PA_Url = iif(PA_Url !startswith "http://" and ApplicationProtocol !~ "ssl", strcat('http://', PA_Url), iif(PA_Url !startswith "https://" and ApplicationProtocol =~ "ssl", strcat('https://', PA_Url), PA_Url))
    | extend Domain = trim('"', tostring(parse_url(PA_Url).Host))
    | where isnotempty(Domain)
    | extend Domain = tolower(Domain)
    | extend CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
);
let LogDomains = SecurityLog | distinct Domain | summarize make_list(Domain);
// Retrieve threat intelligence indicators within the specified time range
let Domain_Indicators = materialize(
    ThreatIntelIndicators
    | extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
    | where IndicatorType == "domain-name"
    | extend DomainName = tolower(ObservableValue)
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
    | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
    | where IsActive and (ValidUntil > now() or isempty(ValidUntil)));
// Join threat intelligence indicators with common security logs
Domain_Indicators | join kind=innerunique (SecurityLog) on $left.DomainName == $right.Domain
| where CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
| summarize CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated = arg_max(CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated, *) by Id
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description), ActivityGroupNames = tostring(parse_json(Data).activitygroupnames)
| project CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, PA_Url, Domain, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence, DeviceAction, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, DeviceName, SourceIP, SourcePort, ApplicationProtocol, RequestMethod, Type
| extend timestamp = CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated

Declared entities

HostIPURL

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
094a4e6e-1a0d-4d49-9d64-cfc3b01a0be1
Additional source files 2Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Analytic Rules/DomainEntity_CommonSecurityLog.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Data/Solution_ThreatIntelligenceUpdated.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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