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TI map Email entity to OfficeActivity

Description

'Identifies a match in OfficeActivity table from any Email IOC from TI'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.2.7
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 emailregex = @'^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$';
let OfficeEvents = materialize(
  OfficeActivity
  | where isnotempty(UserId)
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
  | where UserId matches regex emailregex
  | project-rename  OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated);
let OfficeActivityUPNs = OfficeEvents | distinct UserId = tolower(UserId) | summarize make_list(UserId);
ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where isnotempty(EmailSenderAddress)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| where tolower(EmailSenderAddress) in (OfficeActivityUPNs)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
| where Description !contains_cs "State: inactive;" and Description !contains_cs "State: falsepos;"
// 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 (OfficeEvents) on $left.EmailSenderAddress == $right.UserId
| where OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
| summarize OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = arg_max(OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, UserId
| project OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, EmailSenderName, EmailRecipient, EmailSourceDomain, EmailSourceIpAddress, EmailSubject, FileHashValue, FileHashType, UserId, ClientIP, Operation, UserType, RecordType, OfficeWorkload, Parameters
| extend Name = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 1)[0])
| extend timestamp = OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated

Declared entities

AccountIPURL

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
4a3f5ed7-8da5-4ce2-af6f-c9ada45060f2
Additional source files 3Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Analytic Rules/EmailEntity_OfficeActivity.yamlsource ↗Detections/ThreatIntelligenceIndicator/EmailEntity_OfficeActivity.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Data/Solution_ThreatIntelligenceTemplateSpec.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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