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TI Map URL Entity to DeviceNetworkEvents

Description

'This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in DeviceNetworkEvents.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.5
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 DeviceNetworkEvents_ = DeviceNetworkEvents
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
  | where ActionType !has "ConnectionFailed"
  | project-rename DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated;
let DeviceNetworkEventUrls = DeviceNetworkEvents_
  | distinct Url = RemoteUrl
  | summarize make_list(Url);
ThreatIntelIndicators
//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)
| extend Url = tolower(Url)
| where Url in (DeviceNetworkEventUrls)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
| where IsActive and (ValidUntil > now() or isempty(ValidUntil))
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| where Description !contains_cs "State: inactive;" and Description !contains_cs "State: falsepos;"
   | project-reorder *, Tags, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, Url, Type
| join kind=innerunique (DeviceNetworkEvents_) on $left.Url == $right.RemoteUrl
| where DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
| summarize DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated = arg_max(DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated, *) by Id, Url
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract(@"ActivityGroup:(\S+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| project DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated, Id, Url, Confidence, Description, Type, Tags, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, ActionType, DeviceId, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountUpn, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, RemoteIP, RemotePort
| extend Name = tostring(split(InitiatingProcessAccountUpn, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(InitiatingProcessAccountUpn, '@', 1)[0])
| extend timestamp = DeviceNetworkEvents_TimeGenerated, UserPrincipalName = InitiatingProcessAccountUpn

Declared entities

AccountHostURLProcess

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
4f0356b2-d344-4c19-9375-31b9575d80cb
Additional source files 2Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Analytic Rules/URLEntity_DeviceNetworkEvents_Updated.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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