Description
'This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in AuditLogs.'
- 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;
let AuditEvents = materialize(AuditLogs
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
// Extract the URL that is contained within the JSON data
| extend Url = extract("(http[s]?://(?:[a-zA-Z]|[0-9]|[$-_@.&+]|[!*\\(\\),]|(?:%[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]))+)", 1,tostring(TargetResources))
| where isnotempty(Url)
| extend userPrincipalName = tostring(parse_json(tostring(InitiatedBy.user)).userPrincipalName)
| extend TargetResourceDisplayName = tostring(TargetResources[0].displayName)
| extend Audit_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated);
let AuditUrls = AuditEvents | distinct Url = tolower(Url) | summarize make_list(Url);
ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where isnotempty(Url)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| where tolower(Url) in (AuditUrls)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
| where Description !contains_cs "State: inactive;" and Description !contains_cs "State: falsepos;"
// 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 (AuditEvents) on Url
| where Audit_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
| summarize Audit_TimeGenerated = arg_max(Audit_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, Url
| project Audit_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
OperationName, Identity, userPrincipalName, TargetResourceDisplayName, Url
| extend AccountName = tostring(split(userPrincipalName, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(userPrincipalName, "@")[1])
| extend HostName = tostring(split(TargetResourceDisplayName, ".")[0]), DomainIndex = toint(indexof(TargetResourceDisplayName, '.'))
| extend HostNameDomain = iff(DomainIndex != -1, substring(TargetResourceDisplayName, DomainIndex + 1), TargetResourceDisplayName)
Declared entities
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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
712fab52-2a7d-401e-a08c-ff939cc7c25e
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC