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TI Map URL Entity to AuditLogs

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

AccountHostURL

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
712fab52-2a7d-401e-a08c-ff939cc7c25e
Additional source files 3Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Analytic Rules/URLEntity_AuditLogs.yamlsource ↗Detections/ThreatIntelligenceIndicator/URLEntity_AuditLogs.yamlmigration-note ↗Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Data/Solution_ThreatIntelligenceTemplateSpec.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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