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TI Map URL Entity to SecurityAlert Data

Description

'This query identifies any URL indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI) by searching for matches in SecurityAlert data.'
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 URLRegex = "((https?|ftp|ldap|wss?|file):\\/\\/(([\\:\\%\\w\\_\\-]+(\\.|@))*((xn--)?[a-zA-Z0-9\\-]+\\.)+(xn--[a-z0-9]+|[A-Za-z]+)|\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{1,3}\\.\\d{0,3})[.,:\\w@?^=%&\\/~+#-]*[\\w@?^=%&\\/~+#-])";
let SecurityEvents = materialize(SecurityAlert
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
  | extend MSTI = case(AlertName has "TI map" and VendorName == "Microsoft" and ProductName == 'Azure Sentinel', true, false)
  | where MSTI == false
  // Extract URL from JSON data
  | mv-expand parse_json(Entities)
  | where isnotempty(Entities.Url) or isnotempty(Entities.Urls)
  | extend Url = coalesce(Entities.Url, Entities.Urls)
  | mv-expand Url
  | extend Url = tolower(Url)
  // Extract hostname from JSON data for entity mapping
  | extend Compromised_Host = tostring(parse_json(ExtendedProperties).["Compromised Host"])
  | extend Alert_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated);
let EventUrls = materialize(SecurityEvents | distinct Url | summarize make_list(Url));
ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
| where isnotempty(Url)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| extend Url = tolower(Url)
| where tolower(Url) in (EventUrls)
| 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 (SecurityEvents) on Url
| where Alert_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
| summarize Alert_TimeGenerated = arg_max(Alert_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, AlertName
| project timestamp = Alert_TimeGenerated, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AlertName, AlertSeverity, Description, Url, Compromised_Host

Declared entities

HostURL

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
f30a47c1-65fb-42b1-a7f4-00941c12550b
Additional source files 3Solutions/Threat Intelligence/Analytic Rules/URLEntity_SecurityAlerts.yamlsource ↗Detections/ThreatIntelligenceIndicator/URLEntity_SecurityAlerts.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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