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TI Map URL Entity to Syslog Data

Description

'This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in Syslog data.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.2.8
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;
ThreatIntelIndicators
// Picking up only IOC's that contain the entities we want
//extract key part of kv pair
| extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
| where IndicatorType == "url"
| extend Url = ObservableValue
| extend TrafficLightProtocolLevel = tostring(parse_json(AdditionalFields).TLPLevel)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
| where IsActive and (ValidUntil > now() or isempty(ValidUntil))
   | project-reorder *, Tags, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, Url, 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 (
  Syslog
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
  // Extract URL from the Syslog message but only take messages that include URLs
  | extend Url = extract("(http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\\(\\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+)", 1,SyslogMessage)
  | extend Syslog_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
) on Url
| where Syslog_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
| summarize Syslog_TimeGenerated  = arg_max(Syslog_TimeGenerated , *) by Id, Url
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract(@"ActivityGroup:(\S+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| project timestamp = Syslog_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, Type, ValidUntil, Confidence, SyslogMessage, Computer, ProcessName, Url, HostIP

Declared entities

HostIPURL

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
4de24a28-dcd0-4a0d-bf14-96d8483dc05a
Additional source files 2Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Analytic Rules/URLEntity_Syslog.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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