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TI Map URL Entity to UrlClickEvents

Description

'This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in UrlClickEvents.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.5
Query frequency
1h
Query period
14d
Trigger
gt 0

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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 UrlClickEvents_ = materialize(UrlClickEvents
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
    | extend UrlClickEvents_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated);
let ChainReportID = UrlClickEvents_
    | mv-expand todynamic(UrlChain)
    | extend UrlChain = tolower(UrlChain)
    | project ReportId, Url, UrlChain;
// Url is not always in UrlChain, so we need to check both
let ClickedUrls = 
  (union isfuzzy=false (ChainReportID), (ChainReportID | project Url = UrlChain))
  | distinct Url
  | summarize make_list(Url);
let TI = materialize(ThreatIntelIndicators
//extract key part of kv pair
| extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
| where IndicatorType == "url"
| extend Url = ObservableValue
  | extend TrafficLightProtocolLevel = tostring(parse_json(AdditionalFields).TLPLevel)
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
  | where tolower(Url) in (ClickedUrls)
  | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
  | where IsActive and (ValidUntil > now() or isempty(ValidUntil))
  | project-rename TI_Url = Url, TI_Type = Type
  );
(union isfuzzy=false (TI | join kind=innerunique (ChainReportID) on $left.TI_Url == $right.UrlChain),
  (TI | join kind=innerunique (ChainReportID) on $left.TI_Url == $right.Url))
| project-away UrlChain
| join kind=innerunique (UrlClickEvents_) on ReportId
| where UrlClickEvents_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
| summarize UrlClickEvents_TimeGenerated = arg_max(UrlClickEvents_TimeGenerated, *) by Id
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract(@"ActivityGroup:(\S+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| project UrlClickEvents_TimeGenerated, AccountUpn, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, Type, ValidUntil, Confidence, Url, NetworkMessageId
| extend timestamp = UrlClickEvents_TimeGenerated
| extend timestamp = UrlClickEvents_TimeGenerated, Name = tostring(split(AccountUpn, '@', 0)), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(AccountUpn, '@', 1))

Declared entities

AccountURL

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GitHub

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Source identifier
ad4fa1f2-2189-459c-9458-f77d2039d2f5
Additional source files 2Solutions/Threat Intelligence (NEW)/Analytic Rules/URLEntity_UrlClickEvents_Updated.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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