CYFIRMA - Brand Intelligence - Domain Impersonation Medium Rule
| Id | 8f97ddbe-ab66-4f6c-b675-73b5eeb07259 |
| Rulename | CYFIRMA - Brand Intelligence - Domain Impersonation Medium Rule |
| Description | “This analytics rule detects high-risk domain impersonation activity, where newly registered or existing domains closely resemble the legitimate brand name or organizational assets. These suspicious domains may use typosquatting, homoglyphs, or brand keywords to mislead users, steal credentials, or host phishing/malicious content. The domains are identified through CYFIRMA’s external threat intelligence feeds and flagged due to potential misuse in impersonation, fraud, or social engineering attacks targeting employees, customers, or partners. Early detection of these domains enables proactive mitigation measures such as domain takedown, DNS blocking, and awareness campaigns.” |
| Severity | Medium |
| Tactics | ResourceDevelopment InitialAccess CommandAndControl |
| Techniques | T1583.001 T1586.002 T1566.002 T1566.001 T1071.003 T1071.001 |
| Required data connectors | CyfirmaBrandIntelligenceAlertsDC |
| Kind | Scheduled |
| Query frequency | 5m |
| Query period | 5m |
| Trigger threshold | 0 |
| Trigger operator | gt |
| Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Cyfirma Brand Intelligence/Analytic Rules/BIDomainImpersonationMediumRule.yaml |
| Version | 1.0.1 |
| Arm template | 8f97ddbe-ab66-4f6c-b675-73b5eeb07259.json |
// Medium severity Brand Intelligence - Domain Impersonation
let timeFrame = 5m;
CyfirmaBIDomainITAssetAlerts_CL
| where severity == 'High' and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())
| extend
Description=description,
FirstSeen=first_seen,
LastSeen=last_seen,
RiskScore=risk_score,
AlertUID=alert_uid,
UID=uid,
Domain=domain,
DRDomain=dr_domain,
DRSubDomain=dr_sub_domain,
DomainSquat=signature,
HostProvider=host_provider,
RegisteredDate=registered_date,
CreatedDate=created_date,
ThreatActor=suspected_threat_actor,
ProviderName='CYFIRMA',
ProductName='DeCYFIR/DeTCT'
| project
TimeGenerated,
Description,
RiskScore,
FirstSeen,
LastSeen,
AlertUID,
UID,
Domain,
DRDomain,
DRSubDomain,
DomainSquat,
HostProvider,
RegisteredDate,
CreatedDate,
ThreatActor,
ProductName,
ProviderName
status: Available
queryFrequency: 5m
queryPeriod: 5m
triggerOperator: gt
alertDetailsOverride:
alertDescriptionFormat: '{{Description}} '
alertDisplayNameFormat: 'CYFIRMA - Medium Severity Alert - Malicious Domain Impersonation of Corporate Brand - Domain Squat: {{DomainSquat}} '
alertDynamicProperties:
- alertProperty: ProductName
value: ProductName
- alertProperty: ProviderName
value: ProviderName
query: |
// Medium severity Brand Intelligence - Domain Impersonation
let timeFrame = 5m;
CyfirmaBIDomainITAssetAlerts_CL
| where severity == 'High' and TimeGenerated between (ago(timeFrame) .. now())
| extend
Description=description,
FirstSeen=first_seen,
LastSeen=last_seen,
RiskScore=risk_score,
AlertUID=alert_uid,
UID=uid,
Domain=domain,
DRDomain=dr_domain,
DRSubDomain=dr_sub_domain,
DomainSquat=signature,
HostProvider=host_provider,
RegisteredDate=registered_date,
CreatedDate=created_date,
ThreatActor=suspected_threat_actor,
ProviderName='CYFIRMA',
ProductName='DeCYFIR/DeTCT'
| project
TimeGenerated,
Description,
RiskScore,
FirstSeen,
LastSeen,
AlertUID,
UID,
Domain,
DRDomain,
DRSubDomain,
DomainSquat,
HostProvider,
RegisteredDate,
CreatedDate,
ThreatActor,
ProductName,
ProviderName
eventGroupingSettings:
aggregationKind: AlertPerResult
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Cyfirma Brand Intelligence/Analytic Rules/BIDomainImpersonationMediumRule.yaml
description: |
"This analytics rule detects high-risk domain impersonation activity, where newly registered or existing domains closely resemble the legitimate brand name or organizational assets.
These suspicious domains may use typosquatting, homoglyphs, or brand keywords to mislead users, steal credentials, or host phishing/malicious content.
The domains are identified through CYFIRMA's external threat intelligence feeds and flagged due to potential misuse in impersonation, fraud, or social engineering attacks targeting employees, customers, or partners.
Early detection of these domains enables proactive mitigation measures such as domain takedown, DNS blocking, and awareness campaigns."
tactics:
- ResourceDevelopment
- InitialAccess
- CommandAndControl
triggerThreshold: 0
entityMappings:
- entityType: DNS
fieldMappings:
- identifier: DomainName
columnName: Domain
- entityType: DNS
fieldMappings:
- identifier: DomainName
columnName: DomainSquat
requiredDataConnectors:
- connectorId: CyfirmaBrandIntelligenceAlertsDC
dataTypes:
- CyfirmaBIDomainITAssetAlerts_CL
kind: Scheduled
relevantTechniques:
- T1583.001
- T1586.002
- T1566.002
- T1566.001
- T1071.003
- T1071.001
customDetails:
DRSubDomain: DRSubDomain
DomainSquat: DomainSquat
CreatedDate: CreatedDate
UID: UID
TimeGenerated: TimeGenerated
DRDomain: DRDomain
FirstSeen: FirstSeen
AlertUID: AlertUID
HostProvider: HostProvider
Domain: Domain
RiskScore: RiskScore
ThreatActor: ThreatActor
LastSeen: LastSeen
RegisteredDate: RegisteredDate
Description: Description
version: 1.0.1
incidentConfiguration:
groupingConfiguration:
matchingMethod: AllEntities
reopenClosedIncident: false
lookbackDuration: PT5H
enabled: false
createIncident: true
name: CYFIRMA - Brand Intelligence - Domain Impersonation Medium Rule
id: 8f97ddbe-ab66-4f6c-b675-73b5eeb07259
severity: Medium