Query threat intelligence in Microsoft Defender

Use the ThreatIntelEntities table in advanced hunting to query Microsoft's built-in threat intelligence, including known indicators of compromise (IOCs), threat actors, and malicious infrastructure. Correlate this intelligence with activity in your environment to support threat hunting, custom detections, and response.

Query threat intelligence in advanced hunting

Built-in threat intelligence is available in the ThreatIntelEntities table.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Defender portal.

  2. Select Advanced hunting.

  3. Select Schema.

  4. Expand the Threat intelligence group.

  5. Select the ThreatIntelEntities table.

ThreatIntelEntities table columns

The ThreatIntelEntities table includes the following columns:

Column Type Description
TenantId string The Log Analytics workspace ID.
Id string A value that uniquely identifies the indicator STIX object.
SourceSystem string The source system that collected the entity.
LastUpdateMethod string The component that last updated the entity.
AdditionalFields dynamic Type-specific fields associated with the entity.
Data dynamic All object properties, formatted according to the STIX 2.1 specification.
IsActive bool Indicates whether the indicator is active and valid for detections.
Revoked bool Indicates whether the indicator was revoked.
ValidUntil datetime The time at which the indicator is no longer considered valid for the behaviors it represents.
ValidFrom datetime The time from which the indicator is considered valid for the behaviors it represents.
Created datetime The date and time when the indicator was created.
Modified datetime The date and time when the indicator was last modified.
Tags string Tags associated with the indicator.
Confidence int The creator's confidence in the correctness of the data. The value must be from 0 through 100.
Pattern string The detection pattern for the indicator, which might be expressed as a STIX pattern.
ObservableKey string The entire left-hand side of an equality comparison in the pattern.
ObservableValue string The entire right-hand side of an equality comparison in the pattern.
Type string The name of the table.

Expand threat intelligence coverage

Use Microsoft Sentinel to integrate external threat intelligence feeds with your Microsoft Defender data.

For more information, see Threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel.