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TI map Domain entity to Syslog

Severity
medium
Time window
14d
Group by
IndicatorId, TI_DomainEntity, domain
Source
github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

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

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & ControlT1071 Application Layer Protocol

Rule body kusto

id: 532f62c1-fba6-4baa-bbb6-4a32a4ef32fa
name: TI map Domain entity to Syslog
description: |
  Identifies a match in Syslog table from any Domain IOC from TI
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Syslog
    dataTypes:
      - Syslog
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligenceTaxii
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: MicrosoftDefenderThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 14d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - CommandAndControl
relevantTechniques:
  - T1071
query: |
  let dt_lookBack = 1h;  // Define the time range to look back for syslog data (1 hour)
  let ioc_lookBack = 14d;  // Define the time range to look back for threat intelligence indicators (14 days)
  // Create a list of top-level domains (TLDs) from the threat feed for later validation
  let list_tlds = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
    | where isnotempty(DomainName)
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(ioc_lookBack)
    | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
    | where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
    | extend parts = split(DomainName, '.')
    | extend tld = parts[(array_length(parts)-1)]
    | summarize count() by tostring(tld)
    | summarize make_list(tld);
  // Fetch the latest active domain indicators from the threat intelligence data within the specified time range
  let Domain_Indicators = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
    | where isnotempty(DomainName)
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
    | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
    | where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
    | extend TI_DomainEntity = DomainName;
  // Join the threat intelligence indicators with syslog data on matching domain entities
  Domain_Indicators
    | join kind=innerunique (
      Syslog
      | where TimeGenerated > ago(dt_lookBack)
      // Extract domain patterns from syslog messages
      | extend domain = extract("(([a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\\.)+[a-z]{2,})",1, tolower(SyslogMessage))
      | where isnotempty(domain)
      | extend parts = split(domain, '.')
      // Split out the top-level domain (TLD)
      | extend tld = parts[(array_length(parts)-1)]
      // Validate parsed domain by checking if the TLD is in the list of TLDs in our threat feed
      | where tld in~ (list_tlds)
      | extend Syslog_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
    ) on $left.TI_DomainEntity==$right.domain
    | where Syslog_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
    // Retrieve the latest syslog timestamp for each indicator and domain combination
    | summarize Syslog_TimeGenerated = arg_max(Syslog_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, domain
    // Select the desired columns for the final result set
    | project Syslog_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, SyslogMessage, Computer, ProcessName, domain, HostIP, Url, Type, TI_DomainEntity
    // Extract the hostname from the Computer field
    | extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0])
    // Extract the DNS domain from the Computer field
    | extend DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))
    // Assign the Syslog_TimeGenerated value to the timestamp field
    | extend timestamp = Syslog_TimeGenerated
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Host
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: Computer
      - identifier: HostName
        columnName: HostName
      - identifier: DnsDomain
        columnName: DnsDomain
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: HostIP
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: Url
version: 1.4.3
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

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

Let binding: list_tlds

let list_tlds = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  | where isnotempty(DomainName)
  | where TimeGenerated > ago(ioc_lookBack)
  | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
  | where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
  | extend parts = split(DomainName, '.')
  | extend tld = parts[(array_length(parts)-1)]
  | summarize count() by tostring(tld)
  | summarize make_list(tld);

Derived from ioc_lookBack.

The stages below define let Domain_Indicators (the rule's main pipeline source).

Stage 1: source

ThreatIntelligenceIndicator

Stage 2: where

| where isnotempty(DomainName)

Stage 3: where

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)

Stage 4: summarize

| summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId

Stage 5: where

| where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()

Stage 6: extend

| extend TI_DomainEntity = DomainName

The stages below run on Domain_Indicators (the outer pipeline).

Stage 7: join

Domain_Indicators
| join kind=innerunique (
    Syslog
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(dt_lookBack)
    | extend domain = extract("(([a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\\.)+[a-z]{2,})",1, tolower(SyslogMessage))
    | where isnotempty(domain)
    | extend parts = split(domain, '.')
    | extend tld = parts[(array_length(parts)-1)]
    | where tld in~ (list_tlds)
    | extend Syslog_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
  ) on $left.TI_DomainEntity==$right.domain

Stage 8: where

| where Syslog_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime

Stage 9: summarize

| summarize Syslog_TimeGenerated = arg_max(Syslog_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, domain

Stage 10: project

| project Syslog_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, SyslogMessage, Computer, ProcessName, domain, HostIP, Url, Type, TI_DomainEntity

Stage 11: extend (3 consecutive steps)

| extend HostName = tostring(split(Computer, '.', 0)[0])
| extend DnsDomain = tostring(strcat_array(array_slice(split(Computer, '.'), 1, -1), '.'))
| extend timestamp = Syslog_TimeGenerated

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.

FieldKindValues
Activeeq
  • true transforms: cased
DomainNameis_not_null
  • (no value, null check)
Syslog_TimeGeneratedlt
  • ExpirationDateTime transforms: cased
domainis_not_null
  • (no value, null check)
tldin
  • list_tlds

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.

FieldSource
ActivityGroupNamesproject
Computerproject
ConfidenceScoreproject
Descriptionproject
ExpirationDateTimeproject
HostIPproject
IndicatorIdproject
ProcessNameproject
SyslogMessageproject
Syslog_TimeGeneratedproject
TI_DomainEntityproject
ThreatTypeproject
Typeproject
Urlproject
domainproject
HostNameextend
DnsDomainextend
timestampextend