Multiple IP Entity Audit Logs
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 = 14d;
let _TIBenignProperty =
_GetWatchlist('ID-TIBenignProperty')
| where Notes has_any ("[SourceIPAddress]")
| project IndicatorId, BenignProperty
;
let _TIExcludedSources = toscalar(
_GetWatchlist('Activity-ExpectedSignificantActivity')
| where Activity == "ThreatIndicatorSource"
| summarize make_list(Auxiliar)
);
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, NetworkIP, NetworkSourceIP, NetworkDestinationIP, EmailSourceIpAddress)
by IndicatorId
// Remove inactive or expired indicators
| where not(not(Active) or ExpirationDateTime < now())
// Pick indicators that contain the desired entity type
| mv-expand IPAddress = pack_array(NetworkIP, NetworkSourceIP, NetworkDestinationIP, EmailSourceIpAddress) to typeof(string)
| where isnotempty(IPAddress)
| extend TI_IPAddress = IPAddress
// 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.IPAddress == $right.BenignProperty
// Deduplicate indicators by IPAddress column, equivalent to using join kind=innerunique afterwards
| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle
minTimeGenerated = min(minTimeGenerated),
take_any(*)
by IPAddress
// 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(extract(@"([0-9A-Za-f]+)[\.\:]", 1, IPAddress))
// | summarize make_set_if(AuxiliarField, isnotempty(AuxiliarField), 10000)
//);
//let _IndicatorsPrefilterLength = array_length(_IndicatorsPrefilter);
let _TableEvents =
AuditLogs
| where TimeGenerated between (table_start .. table_end)
| extend UserPrincipalName = tostring(InitiatedBy.user.userPrincipalName)
| extend IPAddress = tostring(InitiatedBy[tostring(bag_keys(InitiatedBy)[0])].ipAddress)
// Filter events that may contain indicators
| where not(Category == "UserManagement" and LoggedByService == "Self-service Password Management" and OperationName == "Self-service password reset flow activity progress" and (Result == "failure" or (Result == "success" and ResultReason == "User submitted their user ID")))
| where isnotempty(IPAddress)
//| where not(_IndicatorsPrefilterLength < 10000 and not(InitiatedBy has_any (_IndicatorsPrefilter))) // "has_any" limit 10000
//| where not(_IndicatorsLength < 1000000 and not(IPAddress in (toscalar(_Indicators | summarize make_list(TI_IPAddress))))) // "in" limit 1.000.000
| project-rename AuditLogs_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
;
_Indicators
| join kind=inner hint.strategy=shuffle _TableEvents on IPAddress
// Take only a single event by key columns
//| summarize hint.strategy=shuffle take_any(*) by IPAddress, InitiatedBy
| project
AuditLogs_TimeGenerated,
Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, DomainName, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, AdditionalInformation, TI_IPAddress, NetworkIP, NetworkSourceIP, NetworkDestinationIP, EmailSourceIpAddress,
Category, OperationName, Result, ResultDescription, Identity, UserPrincipalName, IPAddress, InitiatedBy = tostring(InitiatedBy), LoggedByService, AdditionalDetails, TargetResources, CorrelationId
};
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(AuditLogs_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, InitiatedBy
| extend
timestamp = AuditLogs_TimeGenerated,
AccountCustomEntity = UserPrincipalName,
IPCustomEntity = TI_IPAddressExplanation
This query is designed to identify and correlate threat indicators with audit log events in Microsoft Sentinel. Here's a simplified breakdown of what it does:
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Setup and Parameters:
- It defines several parameters like
query_frequency,query_period,query_wait, andtable_query_lookbackto control the time range and frequency of the query execution. - It retrieves benign properties and excluded sources from watchlists to filter out non-threatening indicators.
- It defines several parameters like
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Threat Indicator Processing:
- It fetches threat indicators from the
ThreatIntelligenceIndicatortable that are active and not expired. - It filters out indicators from specific sources and those with benign properties.
- It deduplicates indicators based on IP addresses and optionally filters out indicators that were received before a certain time.
- It fetches threat indicators from the
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Audit Log Processing:
- It retrieves events from the
AuditLogstable within a specified time range. - It filters out certain types of events that are not relevant for threat detection.
- It extracts IP addresses from the events for comparison with threat indicators.
- It retrieves events from the
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Correlation:
- It joins the processed threat indicators with audit log events based on matching IP addresses.
- It ensures that only unique events are considered for each indicator and user combination.
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Output:
- It combines results from current and past events to identify new threats.
- It summarizes the results to show the most recent event for each indicator and user combination.
- It extends the results with additional fields for easier analysis, such as
timestamp,AccountCustomEntity, andIPCustomEntity.
In essence, this query helps in detecting potential security threats by correlating known threat indicators with user activities logged in audit events, while filtering out non-threatening or irrelevant data.
Details

Jose Sebastián Canós
Released: December 13, 2023
Tables
ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorAuditLogs
Keywords
ThreatIntelligenceIndicatorAuditLogsUserPrincipalNameIPAddressIndicatorIdActivityGroupNamesThreatTypeDomainNameUrlExpirationDateTimeConfidenceScoreAdditionalInformationNetworkIPNetworkSourceIPNetworkDestinationIPEmailSourceIpAddressCategoryOperationNameResultResultDescriptionIdentityLoggedByServiceAdditionalDetailsTargetResourcesCorrelationId
Operators
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