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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
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
4de24a28-dcd0-4a0d-bf14-96d8483dc05a
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC