Description
Identifies a match in Syslog table from any Domain IOC from TI
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.4.3
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 14d
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
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Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
let dt_lookBack = 1h; // Define the time range to look back for syslog data (1 hour)
let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Define the time range to look back for threat intelligence indicators (14 days)
// Create a list of top-level domains (TLDs) from the threat feed for later validation
let list_tlds = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where isnotempty(DomainName)
| where TimeGenerated > ago(ioc_lookBack)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
| extend parts = split(DomainName, '.')
| extend tld = parts[(array_length(parts)-1)]
| summarize count() by tostring(tld)
| summarize make_list(tld);
// Fetch the latest active domain indicators from the threat intelligence data within the specified time range
let Domain_Indicators = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where isnotempty(DomainName)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
| extend TI_DomainEntity = DomainName;
// Join the threat intelligence indicators with syslog data on matching domain entities
Domain_Indicators
| join kind=innerunique (
Syslog
| where TimeGenerated > ago(dt_lookBack)
// Extract domain patterns from syslog messages
| extend domain = extract("(([a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\\.)+[a-z]{2,})",1, tolower(SyslogMessage))
| where isnotempty(domain)
| extend parts = split(domain, '.')
// Split out the top-level domain (TLD)
| extend tld = parts[(array_length(parts)-1)]
// Validate parsed domain by checking if the TLD is in the list of TLDs in our threat feed
| where tld in~ (list_tlds)
| extend Syslog_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
) on $left.TI_DomainEntity==$right.domain
| where Syslog_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
// Retrieve the latest syslog timestamp for each indicator and domain combination
| summarize Syslog_TimeGenerated = arg_max(Syslog_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, domain
// Select the desired columns for the final result set
| project Syslog_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, SyslogMessage, Computer, ProcessName, domain, HostIP, Url, Type, TI_DomainEntity
// Extract the hostname from the Computer field
| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0])
// Extract the DNS domain from the Computer field
| extend DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))
// Assign the Syslog_TimeGenerated value to the timestamp field
| extend timestamp = Syslog_TimeGenerated
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Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
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GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC