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TI Map IP Entity to VMConnection
Description
This query maps any IP indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI), by searching for matches in VMConnection.
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.4.2
- 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 VMConnection events
let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Look back 14 days for threat intelligence indicators
// Fetch threat intelligence indicators related to IP addresses
let IP_Indicators = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where isnotempty(NetworkIP) or isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress) or isnotempty(NetworkDestinationIP) or isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isnotempty(NetworkIP), NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP), NetworkSourceIP, TI_ipEntity)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress), EmailSourceIpAddress, TI_ipEntity)
| 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 IndicatorId
| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now();
// Perform a join between IP indicators and VMConnection events
IP_Indicators
// 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 (
VMConnection
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
| extend VMConnection_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
)
on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.RemoteIp
// Filter out VMConnection events that occurred after the expiration of the corresponding indicator
| where VMConnection_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
// Group the results by IndicatorId and keep the VMConnection event with the latest timestamp
| summarize VMConnection_TimeGenerated = arg_max(VMConnection_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, RemoteIp
// Select the desired output fields
| project VMConnection_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
TI_ipEntity, Computer, Direction, ProcessName, SourceIp, DestinationIp, RemoteIp, Protocol, DestinationPort, NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress, Type
| extend timestamp = VMConnection_TimeGenerated, HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0]), DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))
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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
9713e3c0-1410-468d-b79e-383448434b2d
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC