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TI Map Domain entity to EmailEvents

Severity
medium
Time window
14d
Group by
DomainName, Id, ObservableValue, RecipientEmailAddress, RecipientEmailDomain, SenderFromDomain
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies a match in EmailEvents table from any Domain IOC from TI

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial Access

Telemetry coverage

Rule body

id: bc3bb047-70b8-4a4b-ac21-e3b1172881a4
name: TI Map Domain entity to EmailEvents
description: |
  Identifies a match in EmailEvents table from any Domain IOC from TI
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: MicrosoftThreatProtection
    dataTypes:
      - EmailEvents
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelIndicators
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligenceTaxii
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelIndicators
  - connectorId: MicrosoftDefenderThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelIndicators
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 14d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1566
query: |
  let dt_lookBack = 1h;
  let ioc_lookBack = 14d;
  let EmailEvents_ = materialize(EmailEvents | where isnotempty(RecipientEmailAddress) and isnotempty(SenderFromAddress) and TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack) and DeliveryAction !has "Blocked" | project-rename  EmailEvents_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated | extend SenderFromDomain = tolower(SenderFromDomain) | extend RecipientEmailDomain = tolower(tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 1))));
  let SenderDomains = EmailEvents_ | distinct  SenderFromDomain | summarize make_list(SenderFromDomain);
  let RecipientDomains = EmailEvents_ | distinct  RecipientEmailDomain | summarize make_list(RecipientEmailDomain);
  let TI = materialize(ThreatIntelIndicators
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
  | extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
  | where IndicatorType == "domain-name"
  | extend DomainName = tolower(ObservableValue)
  | extend TrafficLightProtocolLevel = tostring(parse_json(AdditionalFields).TLPLevel)
  | extend IndicatorId = tostring(split(Id, "--")[2])
  | where DomainName in (SenderDomains) or DomainName in (RecipientDomains)
  | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
  | where IsActive and (ValidUntil > now() or isempty(ValidUntil))
  | extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
  | where Description !contains_cs "State: inactive;" and Description !contains_cs "State: falsepos;");
  (union
    (TI | join kind=innerunique (EmailEvents_) on $left.DomainName == $right.SenderFromDomain),
    (TI | join kind=innerunique (EmailEvents_) on $left.DomainName == $right.RecipientEmailDomain))
  | where EmailEvents_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
  | extend ActivityGroupNames = extract("ActivityGroup:([^,]+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
  | summarize EmailEvents_TimeGenerated = arg_max(EmailEvents_TimeGenerated, *) by Id, RecipientEmailAddress
  | project EmailEvents_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence, DomainName, RecipientEmailAddress, SenderFromAddress, Subject, ConfidenceLevel, Type, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, DeliveryAction, DeliveryLocation, EmailDirection
  | extend Name = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 1)[0])
  | extend timestamp = EmailEvents_TimeGenerated
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: RecipientEmailAddress
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
version: 1.0.5
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let dt_lookBack = 1h;
let ioc_lookBack = 14d;

Let binding: EmailEvents_

let EmailEvents_ = materialize(EmailEvents | where isnotempty(RecipientEmailAddress) and isnotempty(SenderFromAddress) and TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack) and DeliveryAction !has "Blocked" | project-rename  EmailEvents_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated | extend SenderFromDomain = tolower(SenderFromDomain) | extend RecipientEmailDomain = tolower(tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 1))));

Let binding: SenderDomains

let SenderDomains = EmailEvents_ | distinct  SenderFromDomain | summarize make_list(SenderFromDomain);

Let binding: RecipientDomains

let RecipientDomains = EmailEvents_ | distinct  RecipientEmailDomain | summarize make_list(RecipientEmailDomain);

union (2 sources)

Each leg below queries one source; the rule matches if any leg does. Sources: TI, TI

Leg 1: TI

TI | join kind=innerunique (EmailEvents_) on $left.DomainName == $right.SenderFromDomain

Leg 2: TI

TI | join kind=innerunique (EmailEvents_) on $left.DomainName == $right.RecipientEmailDomain

Applied to the combined result

| where EmailEvents_TimeGenerated < ValidUntil
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract("ActivityGroup:([^,]+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| summarize EmailEvents_TimeGenerated = arg_max(EmailEvents_TimeGenerated, *) by Id, RecipientEmailAddress
| project EmailEvents_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence, DomainName, RecipientEmailAddress, SenderFromAddress, Subject, ConfidenceLevel, Type, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, DeliveryAction, DeliveryLocation, EmailDirection
| extend Name = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 1)[0])
| extend timestamp = EmailEvents_TimeGenerated

Exclusions

The rule actively suppresses these predicates.

FieldKindExcluded valuesSearch
DescriptioncontainsState: falsepos;excludes:Description field:"Description" value:"State: falsepos;"
DescriptioncontainsState: inactive;excludes:Description field:"Description" value:"State: inactive;"
DeliveryActionmatchBlockedexcludes:DeliveryAction field:"DeliveryAction" value:"Blocked"

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
ActivityGroupNamesproject
Confidenceproject
ConfidenceLevelproject
DeliveryActionproject
DeliveryLocationproject
Descriptionproject
DomainNameproject
EmailDirectionproject
EmailEvents_TimeGeneratedproject
Idproject
RecipientEmailAddressproject
SenderFromAddressproject
Subjectproject
TrafficLightProtocolLevelproject
Typeproject
ValidUntilproject
Nameextend
UPNSuffixextend
timestampextend