Query Details

Multiple Domain Entity Syslog

Query

// This query assumes a feed of threat indicators is ingested/synchronized periodically, and each synchronization ingests new indicators and only old indicators that have been modified.
// Active threat indicators in Sentinel are renovated as ThreatIntelligenceIndicator events every ~12 days.
let query_frequency = 1h;
let query_period = 14d;
let query_wait = 0h;
let table_query_lookback = 1d;
let _TIBenignProperty =
    _GetWatchlist('ID-TIBenignProperty')
    | where Notes has_any ("[SourceDomain]", "[DestinationDomain]")
    | project IndicatorId, BenignProperty
;
let _TIExcludedSources = toscalar(
    _GetWatchlist('Activity-ExpectedSignificantActivity')
    | where Activity == "ThreatIndicatorSource"
    | summarize make_list(Auxiliar)
    );
let _DomainRegex = toscalar(
    _GetWatchlist('RegEx-SingleRegularExpressions')
    | where UseCase == "Threat Intelligence Indicator Domain"
    | project RegEx
    );
let _TITableMatch = (table_start: datetime, table_end: datetime, only_new_ti: boolean, ti_start: datetime = datetime(null)) {
    // Scheduled Analytics rules have a query period limit of 14d
    let _Indicators =// materialize(
        ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
        | where TimeGenerated > ago(query_period)
        // Take the earliest TimeGenerated and the latest column info
        | summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
            minTimeGenerated = min(TimeGenerated),
            arg_max(TimeGenerated, Active, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation, ExternalIndicatorId)
            by IndicatorId
        // Remove inactive or expired indicators
        | where not(not(Active) or ExpirationDateTime < now())
        // Pick indicators that contain the desired entity type
        | where isnotempty(DomainName)
        | extend Domain = tolower(DomainName)
        // Remove indicators from specific sources
        | where not(AdditionalInformation has_any (_TIExcludedSources) or Description has_any (_TIExcludedSources))
        // Remove excluded indicators with benign properties
        | join kind=leftanti _TIBenignProperty on IndicatorId, $left.Domain == $right.BenignProperty
        // Deduplicate indicators by Domain column, equivalent to using join kind=innerunique afterwards
        | summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
            minTimeGenerated = min(minTimeGenerated),
            take_any(*)
            by Domain
        // If we want only new indicators, remove indicators received previously
        | where not(only_new_ti and minTimeGenerated < ti_start)
    //)
    ;
    //let _IndicatorsLength = toscalar(_Indicators | summarize count());
    //let _IndicatorsPrefilter = toscalar(
    //    _Indicators
    //    | extend AuxiliarField = tostring(split(Domain, ".")[-1])
    //    | summarize make_set_if(AuxiliarField, isnotempty(AuxiliarField))
    //);
    //let _IndicatorsPrefilterLength = array_length(_IndicatorsPrefilter);
    let _TableEvents =
        Syslog
        | where TimeGenerated between (table_start .. table_end)
        // Filter events that may contain indicators
        | where isnotempty(SyslogMessage)
        //| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(SyslogMessage has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // valid TLD ~1500 , "has_any" limit 10000
        | extend Domains = todynamic(dynamic_to_json(extract_all(_DomainRegex, dynamic([1]), SyslogMessage)))
        | mv-expand Domain = Domains to typeof(string)
        | where isnotempty(Domain)
        | summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by OriginalDomain = Domain
        //| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(tostring(split(OriginalDomain, ".")[-1]) in (_IndicatorsPrefilter)))
        | extend SplitLevelDomains = split(OriginalDomain, ".")
        | mv-expand Level = range(0, array_length(SplitLevelDomains) - 2) to typeof(int)
        | extend Domain = strcat_array(array_slice(SplitLevelDomains, Level, -1), ".")
        //| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(Domain in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(Domain))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
        | project-rename Syslog_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
    ;
    _Indicators
    | join kind=inner hint.strategy=shuffle _TableEvents on Domain
    // Take only a single event by key columns
    //| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by Domain, HostName
    | project
        Syslog_TimeGenerated,
        Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation,
        HostName, HostIP, Facility, SeverityLevel, ProcessName, SyslogMessage
};
union// isfuzzy=true
    // Match      current table events                                all indicators available
    _TITableMatch(ago(query_frequency + query_wait), ago(query_wait), false),
    // Match      past table events                                                          new indicators since last query execution
    _TITableMatch(ago(table_query_lookback + query_wait), ago(query_frequency + query_wait), true, ago(query_frequency))
| summarize arg_max(Syslog_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, HostName
| extend
    timestamp = Syslog_TimeGenerated,
    HostCustomEntity = HostName,
    IPCustomEntity = HostIP,
    URLCustomEntity = Url

Explanation

This KQL query is designed to identify and correlate threat indicators with syslog events in Microsoft Sentinel. Here's a simplified breakdown of what the query does:

  1. Setup Parameters:

    • It defines several parameters like query_frequency, query_period, and query_wait to control the time range and frequency of the query execution.
  2. Load Watchlists:

    • It retrieves data from watchlists that contain benign properties and excluded sources to filter out non-threatening indicators.
  3. Define Domain Regex:

    • It fetches a regular expression from a watchlist to identify domain names within syslog messages.
  4. Filter Threat Indicators:

    • It queries the ThreatIntelligenceIndicator table to get active threat indicators that are not expired and contain domain names.
    • It removes indicators from excluded sources and those with benign properties.
    • It deduplicates indicators based on the domain.
  5. Filter Syslog Events:

    • It queries the Syslog table for events within a specified time range that contain domain names matching the threat indicators.
    • It extracts domains from syslog messages using the domain regex and expands them for further processing.
  6. Join Indicators with Syslog Events:

    • It joins the filtered threat indicators with the syslog events based on domain names to find matches.
    • It projects relevant fields from both the indicators and syslog events for the final output.
  7. Union and Summarize Results:

    • It combines results from current and past syslog events with both all available and new threat indicators.
    • It summarizes the results to ensure each indicator and host combination is unique and extends the output with custom entity fields for further analysis.

In essence, this query is used to detect and analyze potential security threats by correlating threat intelligence data with syslog events, filtering out non-relevant data, and providing a summarized view of the findings.

Details

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Jose Sebastián Canós

Released: December 13, 2023

Tables

ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorSyslog

Keywords

ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorSyslogDomainNameHostNameHostIPUrl

Operators

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