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TI Map IP Entity to AzureActivity
Description
This query maps any IP indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI), by searching for matches in AzureActivity.
- 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.
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KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
let dt_lookBack = 1h; // Look back 1 hour for AzureActivity logs
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)
// Filter out indicators without relevant IP address fields
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
// Select the IP entity based on availability of different IP fields
| 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, "")
// Exclude local addresses using the ipv4_is_private operator and filtering out specific address prefixes
| 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 AzureActivity logs to identify potential malicious activity
IP_Indicators
| project-reorder *, Tags, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, NetworkSourceIP, Type, TI_ipEntity
// 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 (
AzureActivity | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
// renaming time column so it is clear the log this came from
| extend AzureActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
)
on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.CallerIpAddress
| where AzureActivity_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
| summarize AzureActivity_TimeGenerated = arg_max(AzureActivity_TimeGenerated, *) by Id, CallerIpAddress
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract(@"ActivityGroup:(\S+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| project AzureActivity_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence, TI_ipEntity, CallerIpAddress,
Caller, OperationNameValue, ActivityStatusValue, CategoryValue, ResourceId, NetworkSourceIP, Type, Url
| extend timestamp = AzureActivity_TimeGenerated
| extend Name = iif(Caller has '@', tostring(split(Caller,'@',0)[0]), "")
| extend UPNSuffix = iif(Caller has '@', tostring(split(Caller,'@',1)[0]), "")
| extend AadUserId = iif(Caller !has '@', tostring(Caller), "")
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GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC