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TI map IP entity to AzureFirewall

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

Identifies a match in AzureFirewall (NetworkRule & ApplicationRule Logs) from any IP IOC from TI

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & ControlT1071 Application Layer Protocol

Rule body kusto

id: 0b904747-1336-4363-8d84-df2710bfe5e7
name: TI map IP entity to AzureFirewall
description: |
  Identifies a match in AzureFirewall (NetworkRule & ApplicationRule Logs) from any IP IOC from TI
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligenceTaxii
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: AzureFirewall
    dataTypes: 
      - AzureDiagnostics
  - connectorId: MicrosoftDefenderThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 14d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - CommandAndControl
relevantTechniques:
  - T1071
query: |
  let dt_lookBack = 1h; // Look back 1 hour for AzureDiagnostics logs
  let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Look back 14 days for threat intelligence indicators
  // Fetch threat intelligence indicators related to IP addresses
  let IP_Indicators = ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
    // Filter out indicators without relevant IP address fields
    | where isnotempty(NetworkIP) or isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress) or isnotempty(NetworkDestinationIP) or isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP)
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
    // Select the IP entity based on availability of different IP fields
    | extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isnotempty(NetworkIP), NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP)
    | extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP), NetworkSourceIP, TI_ipEntity)
    | extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress), EmailSourceIpAddress, TI_ipEntity)
    // Exclude local addresses using the ipv4_is_private operator and filtering out specific address prefixes
    | where ipv4_is_private(TI_ipEntity) == false and  TI_ipEntity !startswith "fe80" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "::" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "127."
    | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
    | where Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now();
  // Perform a join between IP indicators and AzureDiagnostics logs to identify potential malicious activity
  IP_Indicators
    // Use innerunique to keep performance fast and result set low, as we only need one match to indicate potential malicious activity that needs investigation
    | join kind=innerunique (
        AzureDiagnostics
        | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
        | where OperationName in ("AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog", "AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog")
        | parse kind=regex flags=U msg_s with Protocol 'request from ' SourceHost 'to ' DestinationHost @'\.? Action: ' Firewall_Action @'\.' Rest_msg
        | extend SourceAddress = extract(@'([\.0-9]+)(:[\.0-9]+)?', 1, SourceHost)
        | extend DestinationAddress = extract(@'([\.0-9]+)(:[\.0-9]+)?', 1, DestinationHost)
        | extend RemoteIP = case(not(ipv4_is_private(DestinationAddress)), DestinationAddress, not(ipv4_is_private(SourceAddress)), SourceAddress, "")
        | where isnotempty(RemoteIP) // Filter out traffic involving public addresses only
        | project-rename AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
    )
    on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.RemoteIP
    // Filter out logs that occurred after the expiration of the corresponding indicator
    | where AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
    // Group the results by IndicatorId and RemoteIP, and keep the log entry with the latest timestamp
    | summarize AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated = arg_max(AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, RemoteIP
    // Select the desired output fields
    | project LatestIndicatorTime, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, DomainName, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
      AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated, TI_ipEntity, Resource, Category, msg_s, SourceAddress, DestinationAddress, Firewall_Action, Protocol,
      NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress, Type
    // Rename the timestamp field
    | extend timestamp = AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated
entityMappings:
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: TI_ipEntity
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: Url
version: 1.3.2
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

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

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

Stage 1: source

ThreatIntelligenceIndicator

Stage 2: where

| where isnotempty(NetworkIP) or isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress) or isnotempty(NetworkDestinationIP) or isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP)

Stage 3: where

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)

Stage 4: extend (3 consecutive steps)

| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isnotempty(NetworkIP), NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP), NetworkSourceIP, TI_ipEntity)
| extend TI_ipEntity = iff(isempty(TI_ipEntity) and isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress), EmailSourceIpAddress, TI_ipEntity)
TI_ipEntity =
ifisnotempty(NetworkIP)NetworkIP
elseNetworkDestinationIP

Stage 5: where

| where ipv4_is_private(TI_ipEntity) == false and  TI_ipEntity !startswith "fe80" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "::" and TI_ipEntity !startswith "127."

Stage 6: summarize

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

Stage 7: where

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

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

Stage 8: join

IP_Indicators
| join kind=innerunique (
      AzureDiagnostics
      | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
      | where OperationName in ("AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog", "AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog")
      | parse kind=regex flags=U msg_s with Protocol 'request from ' SourceHost 'to ' DestinationHost @'\.? Action: ' Firewall_Action @'\.' Rest_msg
      | extend SourceAddress = extract(@'([\.0-9]+)(:[\.0-9]+)?', 1, SourceHost)
      | extend DestinationAddress = extract(@'([\.0-9]+)(:[\.0-9]+)?', 1, DestinationHost)
      | extend RemoteIP = case(not(ipv4_is_private(DestinationAddress)), DestinationAddress, not(ipv4_is_private(SourceAddress)), SourceAddress, "")
      | where isnotempty(RemoteIP)
      | project-rename AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
  )
  on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.RemoteIP

Stage 9: where

| where AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime

Stage 10: summarize

| summarize AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated = arg_max(AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, RemoteIP

Stage 11: project

| project LatestIndicatorTime, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, DomainName, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
    AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated, TI_ipEntity, Resource, Category, msg_s, SourceAddress, DestinationAddress, Firewall_Action, Protocol,
    NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress, Type

Stage 12: extend

| extend timestamp = AzureFirewall_TimeGenerated

Exclusions

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

FieldKindExcluded values
TI_ipEntitycidr_match10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16, 169.254.0.0/16, 127.0.0.0/8
TI_ipEntitystarts_with127.
TI_ipEntitystarts_with::
TI_ipEntitystarts_withfe80

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
AzureFirewall_TimeGeneratedlt
  • ExpirationDateTime transforms: cased
EmailSourceIpAddressis_not_null
  • (no value, null check)
NetworkDestinationIPis_not_null
  • (no value, null check)
NetworkIPis_not_null
  • (no value, null check)
NetworkSourceIPis_not_null
  • (no value, null check)
OperationNamein
  • AzureFirewallApplicationRuleLog transforms: cased
  • AzureFirewallNetworkRuleLog transforms: cased
RemoteIPis_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.

FieldSource
ActivityGroupNamesproject
AzureFirewall_TimeGeneratedproject
Categoryproject
ConfidenceScoreproject
Descriptionproject
DestinationAddressproject
DomainNameproject
EmailSourceIpAddressproject
ExpirationDateTimeproject
Firewall_Actionproject
IndicatorIdproject
LatestIndicatorTimeproject
NetworkDestinationIPproject
NetworkIPproject
NetworkSourceIPproject
Protocolproject
Resourceproject
SourceAddressproject
TI_ipEntityproject
ThreatTypeproject
Typeproject
Urlproject
msg_sproject
timestampextend