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GreyNoise TI Map IP Entity to DnsEvents
Description
This query maps any IP indicators of compromise (IOCs) from GreyNoise Threat Intelligence (TI), by searching for matches in DnsEvents.
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.2
- 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 DNS 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 TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
| where SourceSystem == 'GreyNoise'
| where isnotempty(NetworkIP) or isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress) or isnotempty(NetworkDestinationIP) or isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP)
| 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.";
// Perform a join between IP indicators and DNS 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 (
DnsEvents
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
| where SubType =~ "LookupQuery" and isnotempty(IPAddresses)
| mv-expand SingleIP = split(IPAddresses, ", ") to typeof(string)
| extend DNS_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
)
on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.SingleIP
// Filter out DNS events that occurred after the expiration of the corresponding indicator
| where DNS_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
// Group the results by IndicatorId and SingleIP, and keep the DNS event with the latest timestamp
| summarize DNS_TimeGenerated = arg_max(DNS_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, SingleIP
// Select the desired output fields
| project DNS_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, DomainName, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
TI_ipEntity, Computer, EventId, SubType, ClientIP, Name, IPAddresses, NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress, Type
| extend timestamp = DNS_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
ddf47b6f-870c-5712-a296-1383acb13c82
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC