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TI map IP entity to OfficeActivity

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

This query maps any IP indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI), by searching for matches in OfficeActivity.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & Control

Rule body

id: f15370f4-c6fa-42c5-9be4-1d308f40284e
name: TI map IP entity to OfficeActivity
description: |
  This query maps any IP indicators of compromise (IOCs) from threat intelligence (TI), by searching for matches in OfficeActivity.
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: ThreatIntelligenceTaxii
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: MicrosoftDefenderThreatIntelligence
    dataTypes:
      - ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
  - connectorId: Office365
    dataTypes:
      - OfficeActivity
queryFrequency: 1h
queryPeriod: 14d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - CommandAndControl
relevantTechniques:
  - T1071
query: |
  let dt_lookBack = 1h; // Look back 1 hour for OfficeActivity events
  let ioc_lookBack = 14d; // Look back 14 days for threat intelligence indicators
  let OfficeActivity_ = materialize(OfficeActivity
    | where isnotempty(ClientIP)
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
    | extend ClientIPValues = extract_all(@'\[?(::ffff:)?(?P<IPAddress>(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)|[^\]%]+)(%\d+)?\]?([-:](?P<Port>\d+))?', dynamic(["IPAddress", "Port"]), ClientIP)[0]
    | extend IPAddress = iff(array_length(ClientIPValues) > 0, tostring(ClientIPValues[0]), '')
    | project-rename OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated);
  let ActivityIPs = OfficeActivity_ | summarize IPs = make_list(IPAddress);
  // Fetch threat intelligence indicators related to IP addresses
  let IP_Indicators = materialize(ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
    | where isnotempty(NetworkIP) or isnotempty(EmailSourceIpAddress) or isnotempty(NetworkDestinationIP) or isnotempty(NetworkSourceIP)
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
    | extend TI_ipEntity = coalesce(NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress)
    | where TI_ipEntity in (ActivityIPs)
    | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
    | where  Active == true and ExpirationDateTime > now()
    | where Description !contains_cs "State: inactive;" and Description !contains_cs "State: falsepos;");
  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 (OfficeActivity_)
    on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.IPAddress
  // Filter out OfficeActivity events that occurred after the expiration of the corresponding indicator
  | where OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
  // Group the results by IndicatorId and keep the OfficeActivity event with the latest timestamp
  | summarize OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = arg_max(OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
  // Select the desired output fields
  | project OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, TI_ipEntity, ClientIP, UserId, Operation, ResultStatus, RecordType, OfficeObjectId, NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress, Type
  | extend timestamp = OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Name = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 1)[0])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: UserId
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: TI_ipEntity
  - 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 IP_Indicators is inlined into the numbered stages below.

Let binding: OfficeActivity_ used in Stage 9

let OfficeActivity_ = materialize(OfficeActivity
  | where isnotempty(ClientIP)
  | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack)
  | extend ClientIPValues = extract_all(@'\[?(::ffff:)?(?P<IPAddress>(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)|[^\]%]+)(%\d+)?\]?([-:](?P<Port>\d+))?', dynamic(["IPAddress", "Port"]), ClientIP)[0]
  | extend IPAddress = iff(array_length(ClientIPValues) > 0, tostring(ClientIPValues[0]), '')
  | project-rename OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated);

Let binding: ActivityIPs used in Stage 5

let ActivityIPs = OfficeActivity_ | summarize IPs = make_list(IPAddress);

Stages 1 to 8 define let IP_Indicators (the rule's main pipeline source); stages 9 to 13 run on it.

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

| extend TI_ipEntity = coalesce(NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress)

Stage 5: where

| where TI_ipEntity in (ActivityIPs)

Stage 6: summarize

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

Stage 7: where

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

Stage 8: where

| where Description !contains_cs "State: inactive;" and Description !contains_cs "State: falsepos;"

Stage 9: join

IP_Indicators
| join kind=innerunique (OfficeActivity_)
  on $left.TI_ipEntity == $right.IPAddress

Stage 10: where

| where OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime

Stage 11: summarize

| summarize OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = arg_max(OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId

Stage 12: project

| project OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore, TI_ipEntity, ClientIP, UserId, Operation, ResultStatus, RecordType, OfficeObjectId, NetworkIP, NetworkDestinationIP, NetworkSourceIP, EmailSourceIpAddress, Type

Stage 13: extend

| extend timestamp = OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Name = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 1)[0])

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;"

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
ActivityGroupNamesproject
ClientIPproject
ConfidenceScoreproject
Descriptionproject
EmailSourceIpAddressproject
ExpirationDateTimeproject
IndicatorIdproject
NetworkDestinationIPproject
NetworkIPproject
NetworkSourceIPproject
OfficeActivity_TimeGeneratedproject
OfficeObjectIdproject
Operationproject
RecordTypeproject
ResultStatusproject
TI_ipEntityproject
ThreatTypeproject
Typeproject
Urlproject
UserIdproject
Nameextend
UPNSuffixextend
timestampextend