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TI Map File Hash to CommonSecurityLog Event

Description

'Identifies a match in CommonSecurityLog Event data from any FileHash IOC from TI'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.3.10
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;
let ioc_lookBack = 14d;
let fileHashIndicators = ThreatIntelIndicators
//extract key part of kv pair
| extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
| where IndicatorType == "file"
| extend FileHashType = replace("'", "", substring(ObservableKey, indexof(ObservableKey, "hashes.") + 7, strlen(ObservableKey) - indexof(ObservableKey, "hashes.") - 7))
| extend FileHashValue = toupper(ObservableValue)
| extend IndicatorId = tostring(split(Id, "--")[2])
| extend Url = iff(ObservableKey == "url:value", ObservableValue, "")
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
| where IsActive and (ValidUntil > now() or isempty(ValidUntil));
// Handle matches against both lower case and uppercase versions of the hash:
(fileHashIndicators | extend  FileHashValue = tolower(FileHashValue)
| union (fileHashIndicators | extend FileHashValue = toupper(FileHashValue)))
| project-reorder *, FileHashType, FileHashValue, Type
// 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 (
  CommonSecurityLog | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
  | extend CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
  )
on $left.FileHashValue == $right.FileHash
| where CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
| summarize CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated = arg_max(CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, FileHashValue
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract(@"ActivityGroup:(\S+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract(@"ActivityGroup:(\S+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| project CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence,
SourceIP, SourcePort, DestinationIP, DestinationPort, SourceUserID, SourceUserName, DeviceName, DeviceAction,
RequestURL, DestinationUserName, DestinationUserID, ApplicationProtocol, Activity, FileHashValue, FileHashType, Url
| extend HostName = tostring(split(DeviceName, '.', 0)[0]), DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(DeviceName, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))
| extend Name = tostring(split(SourceUserName, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(SourceUserName, '@', 1)[0])
| extend timestamp = CommonSecurityLog_TimeGenerated

Declared entities

AccountHostIPURLFileHash

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
432996e9-8a93-4407-985f-13707b318a0b
Additional source files 2Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Analytic Rules/FileHashEntity_CommonSecurityLog.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Data/Solution_ThreatIntelligenceUpdated.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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