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ThreatConnect TI map Email entity to OfficeActivity

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

'Identifies a match in OfficeActivity table from any Email IOC from ThreatConnect TI'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & Control

Rule body

id: 4f7ade3e-7121-5274-83ea-d7ed22a01fea
name: ThreatConnect TI map Email entity to OfficeActivity
version: 1.2.5
kind: Scheduled
description: |
  'Identifies a match in OfficeActivity table from any Email IOC from ThreatConnect TI'
severity: Medium
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: Office365
    dataTypes:
      - OfficeActivity
  - 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;
  let ioc_lookBack = 14d;
  let emailregex = @'^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$';
  ThreatIntelligenceIndicator
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)
    | summarize LatestIndicatorTime = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId
    | where ExpirationDateTime > now() and Active == true
  // Filter out non ThreatConnect TI Sources
  | where SourceSystem startswith "ThreatConnect-"
  //Filtering the table for Email related IOCs
  | where isnotempty(EmailSenderAddress)
  // using innerunique to keep perf fast and result set low, we only need one match to indicate potential malicious activity that needs to be investigated
  | join kind=innerunique (
      OfficeActivity | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack) and isnotempty(UserId)
      | where UserId matches regex emailregex
      | extend OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
  )
  on $left.EmailSenderAddress == $right.UserId
  | where OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime
  | summarize OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = arg_max(OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, *) by IndicatorId, UserId
  | project OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
  EmailSenderName, EmailRecipient, EmailSourceDomain, EmailSourceIpAddress, EmailSubject, FileHashValue, FileHashType, UserId, ClientIP, Operation, UserType, RecordType, OfficeWorkload, Parameters
  | extend Name = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 0)[0]), UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@', 1)[0])
  | extend timestamp = OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: Name
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: UPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: ClientIP
  - entityType: URL
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Url
        columnName: Url

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let dt_lookBack = 1h;
let ioc_lookBack = 14d;
let emailregex = @'^[a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+$';

Stage 1: source

ThreatIntelligenceIndicator

Stage 2: where

| where TimeGenerated >= ago(ioc_lookBack)

Stage 3: summarize

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

Stage 4: where

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

Stage 5: where

| where SourceSystem startswith "ThreatConnect-"

Stage 6: where

| where isnotempty(EmailSenderAddress)

Stage 7: join

| join kind=innerunique (
    OfficeActivity | where TimeGenerated >= ago(dt_lookBack) and isnotempty(UserId)
    | where UserId matches regex emailregex
    | extend OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated = TimeGenerated
)
on $left.EmailSenderAddress == $right.UserId

Stage 8: where

| where OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated < ExpirationDateTime

Stage 9: summarize

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

Stage 10: project

| project OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated, Description, ActivityGroupNames, IndicatorId, ThreatType, Url, ExpirationDateTime, ConfidenceScore,
EmailSenderName, EmailRecipient, EmailSourceDomain, EmailSourceIpAddress, EmailSubject, FileHashValue, FileHashType, UserId, ClientIP, Operation, UserType, RecordType, OfficeWorkload, Parameters

Stage 11: extend

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

Stage 12: extend

| extend timestamp = OfficeActivity_TimeGenerated

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

Output fields

These fields are emitted when the rule matches.

FieldSource
ActivityGroupNamesproject
ClientIPproject
ConfidenceScoreproject
Descriptionproject
EmailRecipientproject
EmailSenderNameproject
EmailSourceDomainproject
EmailSourceIpAddressproject
EmailSubjectproject
ExpirationDateTimeproject
FileHashTypeproject
FileHashValueproject
IndicatorIdproject
OfficeActivity_TimeGeneratedproject
OfficeWorkloadproject
Operationproject
Parametersproject
RecordTypeproject
ThreatTypeproject
Urlproject
UserIdproject
UserTypeproject
Nameextend
UPNSuffixextend
timestampextend