TI map Domain entity to EmailUrlInfo

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

'Identifies a match in EmailUrlInfo table from any Domain IOC from TI.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Initial Access	`T1566` Phishing

Rule body kusto

id: b56e2290-c65b-45a5-9636-3651e85bbe5d
name: TI map Domain entity to EmailUrlInfo
description: |
  'Identifies a match in EmailUrlInfo table from any Domain IOC from TI.'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Office365
    dataTypes:
      - EmailUrlInfo
  - 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; // Define the lookback period for email data as 1 hour
    let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Define the lookback period for threat intelligence data as 14 days
    let EmailUrlInfo_ = EmailUrlInfo| where isnotempty(Url) or isnotempty(UrlDomain) // Filter for non-empty URLs or URL domains
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack) // Filter for records within the lookback period
    | extend Url = tolower(Url), UrlDomain = tolower(UrlDomain) // Convert URLs and domains to lowercase
    | extend EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated; // Create a new column for the time generated
    let EmailEvents_ = EmailEvents
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack); // Filter email events within the lookback period
    let TI_Urls = ThreatIntelIndicators
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack) // Filter threat intelligence indicators within the lookback period
    | summarize arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue // Get latest record per Id FIRST
    | where IsActive == true and ValidUntil > now() // THEN filter for active indicators that haven't expired
    | extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
    | where isnotempty(IndicatorType) and IndicatorType == "url"
    | extend Url = tolower(ObservableValue)
    | where isnotempty(Url) // Filter for non-empty URLs
    | join kind=innerunique (EmailUrlInfo_) on Url // Join with email URL info on URL
    | extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
    | extend ActivityGroupNames = extract("ActivityGroup:([^,]+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
    | project EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence, Url, UrlLocation, NetworkMessageId; // Select relevant columns
    let TI_Domains = ThreatIntelIndicators
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack) // Filter threat intelligence indicators within the lookback period
    | where isnotempty(ObservableValue) // Filter for non-empty domain names
    | extend DomainName = tolower(ObservableValue) // Convert domain names to lowercase
    | where ObservableKey == "domain-name:value"
    | summarize arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue // Get latest record per Id FIRST
    | where IsActive == true // THEN filter for active indicators
    | extend TrafficLightProtocolLevel = AdditionalFields.TLPLevel
    | extend IndicatorId = tostring(split(Id, "--")[2]);
    let TI_Domains_UrlInfo = TI_Domains
    | project-reorder *, IsActive, Tags, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, DomainName, Type
    | join kind=innerunique (EmailUrlInfo_) on $left.DomainName == $right.UrlDomain // Join with email URL info on domain name
    | extend ExpirationDateTime = ValidUntil
    | extend Description = Data.description
    | extend ThreatType =  Data.type
    | extend ConfidenceScore = Confidence
    | extend ActivityGroupNames = replace_string(tostring(parse_json(tostring(Data.labels))[0]),"ActivityGroup:","")
    | where ExpirationDateTime > now() // Filter for indicators that haven't expired
    | project EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, UrlDomain, UrlLocation, NetworkMessageId; // Select relevant columns
    union TI_Urls, TI_Domains_UrlInfo // Combine URL and domain threat intelligence data
    | extend timestamp = EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated // Add a timestamp column
    | join kind=inner (EmailEvents_) on NetworkMessageId // Join with email events on network message ID
    | where DeliveryAction !has "Blocked" // Filter out blocked delivery actions
    | extend Name = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 1)[0]); // Extract name and UPN suffix from recipient email address"
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: RecipientEmailAddress
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: Url
version: 1.0.6
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

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

Let binding: `EmailUrlInfo_`

let EmailUrlInfo_ = EmailUrlInfo| where isnotempty(Url) or isnotempty(UrlDomain)
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
| extend Url = tolower(Url), UrlDomain = tolower(UrlDomain)
| extend EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated;

Derived from dt_lookBack.

Let binding: `EmailEvents_`

let EmailEvents_ = EmailEvents
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack);

Derived from dt_lookBack.

Let binding: `TI_Urls`

let TI_Urls = ThreatIntelIndicators
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| summarize arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
| where IsActive == true and ValidUntil > now()
| extend IndicatorType = replace(@"\[|\]|\""", "", tostring(split(ObservableKey, ":", 0)))
| where isnotempty(IndicatorType) and IndicatorType == "url"
| extend Url = tolower(ObservableValue)
| where isnotempty(Url)
| join kind=innerunique (EmailUrlInfo_) on Url
| extend Description = tostring(parse_json(Data).description)
| extend ActivityGroupNames = extract("ActivityGroup:([^,]+)", 1, tostring(parse_json(Data).labels))
| project EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, Id, ValidUntil, Confidence, Url, UrlLocation, NetworkMessageId;

Derived from ioc_lookBack, EmailUrlInfo_.

Let binding: `TI_Domains`

let TI_Domains = ThreatIntelIndicators
| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
| where isnotempty(ObservableValue)
| extend DomainName = tolower(ObservableValue)
| where ObservableKey == "domain-name:value"
| summarize arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by Id, ObservableValue
| where IsActive == true
| extend TrafficLightProtocolLevel = AdditionalFields.TLPLevel
| extend IndicatorId = tostring(split(Id, "--")[2]);

Derived from ioc_lookBack.

Let binding: `TI_Domains_UrlInfo`

let TI_Domains_UrlInfo = TI_Domains
| project-reorder *, IsActive, Tags, TrafficLightProtocolLevel, DomainName, Type
| join kind=innerunique (EmailUrlInfo_) on $left.DomainName == $right.UrlDomain
| extend ExpirationDateTime = ValidUntil
| extend Description = Data.description
| extend ThreatType =  Data.type
| extend ConfidenceScore = Confidence
| extend ActivityGroupNames = replace_string(tostring(parse_json(tostring(Data.labels))[0]),"ActivityGroup:","")
| where ExpirationDateTime > now()
| project EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, UrlDomain, UrlLocation, NetworkMessageId;

Derived from EmailUrlInfo_, TI_Domains.

union (2 sources)

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

Leg 1: `TI_Urls`

Leg 2: `TI_Domains_UrlInfo`

Applied to the combined result

| extend timestamp = EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated | join kind=inner (EmailEvents_) on NetworkMessageId | where DeliveryAction !has "Blocked" | extend Name = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(RecipientEmailAddress, '@', 1)[0]);

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

Field	Kind	Excluded values
`DeliveryAction`	match	`Blocked`

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`IndicatorType`	eq	`url` transforms: `cased`
`IndicatorType`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)
`IsActive`	eq	`true` transforms: `cased`
`ObservableKey`	eq	`domain-name:value` transforms: `cased`
`ObservableValue`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)
`Url`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)
`UrlDomain`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`ActivityGroupNames`	`project`
`ConfidenceScore`	`project`
`Description`	`project`
`EmailUrlInfo_TimeGenerated`	`project`
`ExpirationDateTime`	`project`
`IndicatorId`	`project`
`NetworkMessageId`	`project`
`ThreatType`	`project`
`UrlDomain`	`project`
`UrlLocation`	`project`
`timestamp`	`extend`
`Name`	`extend`
`UPNSuffix`	`extend`

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`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

TI map Domain entity to EmailUrlInfo

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: `EmailUrlInfo_`

Let binding: `EmailEvents_`

Let binding: `TI_Urls`

Let binding: `TI_Domains`

Let binding: `TI_Domains_UrlInfo`

union (2 sources)

Leg 1: `TI_Urls`

Leg 2: `TI_Domains_UrlInfo`

Applied to the combined result

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

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TI map Domain entity to EmailUrlInfo

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Let binding: EmailUrlInfo_

Let binding: EmailEvents_

Let binding: TI_Urls

Let binding: TI_Domains

Let binding: TI_Domains_UrlInfo

union (2 sources)

Leg 1: TI_Urls

Leg 2: TI_Domains_UrlInfo

Applied to the combined result

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

Let binding: `EmailUrlInfo_`

Let binding: `EmailEvents_`

Let binding: `TI_Urls`

Let binding: `TI_Domains`

Let binding: `TI_Domains_UrlInfo`

Leg 1: `TI_Urls`

Leg 2: `TI_Domains_UrlInfo`