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TI Map URL Entity to OfficeActivity Data [Deprecated]

Description

'This query is Deprecated as its filter conditions will never yield results. This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in OfficeActivity data.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.2.9
Query frequency
1h
Query period
14d
Trigger
gt 0

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

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Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let dt_lookBack = 1h;
// let ioc_lookBack = 14d;
// ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
// // Picking up only IOC's that contain the entities we want
// | where isnotempty(Url)
// | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
// | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
// | where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
// // 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])
datatable() []

Declared entities

AccountURL

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GitHub

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Source identifier
36a9c9e5-3dc1-4ed9-afaa-1d13617bfc2b
Additional source files 3Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Analytic Rules/URLEntity_OfficeActivity.yamlsource ↗Detections/ThreatIntelligenceIndicator/URLEntity_OfficeActivity.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Data/Solution_ThreatIntelligenceTemplateSpec.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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