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TI Map IP Entity to DnsEvents

Description

This query maps any IP indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI), by searching for matches in DnsEvents.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.4.7
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; // Look back 1 hour for DNS events
let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Look back 14 days for threat intelligence indicators
// Fetch threat intelligence indicators related to IP addresses
let IP_Indicators = ThreatIntelIndicators
//extract key part of kv pair
| extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
     | where IndicatorType in ("ipv4-addr", "ipv6-addr", "network-traffic")
     | extend NetworkSourceIP = toupper(ObservableValue)
     | extend TrafficLightProtocolLevel = tostring(parse_json(AdditionalFields).TLPLevel)
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
  | extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP), NetworkSourceIP, NetworkSourceIP)
  | extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP), NetworkSourceIP, TI_ipEntity)
  | extend Url = iff(ObservableKey == "url:value", ObservableValue, "")
  | where ipv4_is_private(TI_ipEntity) == false and  TI_ipEntity !startswith "fe80" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "::" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "127."
  | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
  | where IsActive and (ValidUntil > now() or isempty(ValidUntil));
// Perform a join between IP indicators and DNS events
IP_Indicators
   | project-reorder *, Tags, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, NetworkSourceIP, Type, TI_ipEntity
  // Use innerunique to keep performance fast and result set low, as we only need one match to indicate potential malicious activity that needs investigation
  | join kind=innerunique (
      DnsEvents
      | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
      | where SubType =~ "LookupQuery" and isnotempty(IPAddresses)
      | mv-expand SingleIP = split(IPAddresses, ", ") to typeof(string)
      | extend DNS_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
  )
  on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.SingleIP
  // Filter out DNS events that occurred after the expiration of the corresponding indicator
  | where DNS_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
  // Group the results by IndicatorId and SingleIP, and keep the DNS event with the latest timestamp
  | summarize DNS_TimeGenerated = arg_max(DNS_TimeGenerated, *) by Id, SingleIP
  // Select the desired output fields
  | extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
  | extend ActivityGroupNames = extract(@"ActivityGroup:(\S+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
  | project DNS_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence, TI_ipEntity, Computer, EventId, SubType, ClientIP, Name, IPAddresses, NetworkSourceIP, Type, Url
  | extend timestamp = DNS_TimeGenerated, HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0]), DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))

Declared entities

HostIPURL

Related content

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
6418fd33-92f2-407b-bd61-91c0d4bbcb8a
Additional source files 2Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Analytic Rules/IPEntity_DnsEvents.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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