Potential DGA detected ASIM DNS Schema
Id | 983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307 |
Rulename | Potential DGA detected (ASIM DNS Schema) |
Description | Identifies clients with a high NXDomain count which could be indicative of a DGA (cycling through possible C2 domains where most C2s are not live). Alert is generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being seen associated with NXDomain records in prior 10-day baseline period). This analytic rule uses ASIM and supports any built-in or custom source that supports the ASIM DNS schema |
Severity | Medium |
Tactics | CommandAndControl |
Techniques | T1568 T1008 |
Required data connectors | AzureFirewall CiscoUmbrellaDataConnector Corelight DNS GCPDNSDataConnector InfobloxNIOS NXLogDnsLogs Zscaler |
Kind | Scheduled |
Query frequency | 1d |
Query period | 10d |
Trigger threshold | 0 |
Trigger operator | gt |
Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimDNS/imDns_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml |
Version | 1.3.4 |
Arm template | 983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307.json |
let referencestarttime = 10d;
let referenceendtime = 1d;
let threshold = 100;
let nxDomainDnsEvents = (stime:datetime, etime:datetime)
{_Im_Dns(responsecodename='NXDOMAIN', starttime=stime, endtime=etime)
| where DnsQueryTypeName in ("A", "AAAA")
| where ipv4_is_match("127.0.0.1", SrcIpAddr) == False
| where DnsQuery !contains "/" and DnsQuery contains "."};
nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referenceendtime) ,etime=now())
| extend sld = tostring(split(DnsQuery, ".")[-2])
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), dcount(sld) by SrcIpAddr
| where dcount_sld > threshold
// Filter out previously seen IPs
| join kind=leftanti (nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referencestarttime), etime=ago(referenceendtime))
| extend sld = tostring(split(DnsQuery, ".")[-2])
| summarize dcount(sld) by SrcIpAddr
| where dcount_sld > threshold ) on SrcIpAddr
// Pull out sample NXDomain responses for those remaining potentially infected IPs
| join kind = inner (nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referencestarttime), etime=now()) | summarize by DnsQuery, SrcIpAddr) on SrcIpAddr
| summarize StartTime = min(StartTime), EndTime = max(EndTime), sampleNXDomainList=make_list(DnsQuery, 100) by SrcIpAddr, dcount_sld
relevantTechniques:
- T1568
- T1008
name: Potential DGA detected (ASIM DNS Schema)
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- DnsEvents
connectorId: DNS
- dataTypes:
- AzureDiagnostics
connectorId: AzureFirewall
- dataTypes:
- CommonSecurityLog
connectorId: Zscaler
- dataTypes:
- Syslog
connectorId: InfobloxNIOS
- dataTypes:
- GCP_DNS_CL
connectorId: GCPDNSDataConnector
- dataTypes:
- NXLog_DNS_Server_CL
connectorId: NXLogDnsLogs
- dataTypes:
- Cisco_Umbrella_dns_CL
connectorId: CiscoUmbrellaDataConnector
- dataTypes:
- Corelight_CL
connectorId: Corelight
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: SrcIpAddr
entityType: IP
triggerThreshold: 0
id: 983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307
tactics:
- CommandAndControl
version: 1.3.4
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimDNS/imDns_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml
queryPeriod: 10d
kind: Scheduled
tags:
- version: 1.0.0
ParentAlert: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/DnsEvents/DNS_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml
- Schema: ASIMDns
SchemaVersion: 0.1.1
metadata:
categories:
domains:
- Security - Network
author:
name: Yaron
support:
tier: Community
source:
kind: Community
queryFrequency: 1d
severity: Medium
description: |
'Identifies clients with a high NXDomain count which could be indicative of a DGA (cycling through possible C2 domains where most C2s are not live). Alert is generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being seen associated with
NXDomain records in prior 10-day baseline period).
This analytic rule uses [ASIM](https://aka.ms/AboutASIM) and supports any built-in or custom source that supports the ASIM DNS schema'
query: |
let referencestarttime = 10d;
let referenceendtime = 1d;
let threshold = 100;
let nxDomainDnsEvents = (stime:datetime, etime:datetime)
{_Im_Dns(responsecodename='NXDOMAIN', starttime=stime, endtime=etime)
| where DnsQueryTypeName in ("A", "AAAA")
| where ipv4_is_match("127.0.0.1", SrcIpAddr) == False
| where DnsQuery !contains "/" and DnsQuery contains "."};
nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referenceendtime) ,etime=now())
| extend sld = tostring(split(DnsQuery, ".")[-2])
| summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), dcount(sld) by SrcIpAddr
| where dcount_sld > threshold
// Filter out previously seen IPs
| join kind=leftanti (nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referencestarttime), etime=ago(referenceendtime))
| extend sld = tostring(split(DnsQuery, ".")[-2])
| summarize dcount(sld) by SrcIpAddr
| where dcount_sld > threshold ) on SrcIpAddr
// Pull out sample NXDomain responses for those remaining potentially infected IPs
| join kind = inner (nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referencestarttime), etime=now()) | summarize by DnsQuery, SrcIpAddr) on SrcIpAddr
| summarize StartTime = min(StartTime), EndTime = max(EndTime), sampleNXDomainList=make_list(DnsQuery, 100) by SrcIpAddr, dcount_sld
triggerOperator: gt
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"workspace": {
"type": "String"
}
},
"resources": [
{
"apiVersion": "2024-01-01-preview",
"id": "[concat(resourceId('Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers', parameters('workspace'), 'Microsoft.SecurityInsights'),'/alertRules/983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307')]",
"kind": "Scheduled",
"name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307')]",
"properties": {
"alertRuleTemplateName": "983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307",
"customDetails": null,
"description": "'Identifies clients with a high NXDomain count which could be indicative of a DGA (cycling through possible C2 domains where most C2s are not live). Alert is generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being seen associated with \nNXDomain records in prior 10-day baseline period).\nThis analytic rule uses [ASIM](https://aka.ms/AboutASIM) and supports any built-in or custom source that supports the ASIM DNS schema'\n",
"displayName": "Potential DGA detected (ASIM DNS Schema)",
"enabled": true,
"entityMappings": [
{
"entityType": "IP",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "SrcIpAddr",
"identifier": "Address"
}
]
}
],
"OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimDNS/imDns_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml",
"query": "let referencestarttime = 10d;\nlet referenceendtime = 1d;\nlet threshold = 100;\nlet nxDomainDnsEvents = (stime:datetime, etime:datetime) \n {_Im_Dns(responsecodename='NXDOMAIN', starttime=stime, endtime=etime)\n | where DnsQueryTypeName in (\"A\", \"AAAA\")\n | where ipv4_is_match(\"127.0.0.1\", SrcIpAddr) == False\n | where DnsQuery !contains \"/\" and DnsQuery contains \".\"};\nnxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referenceendtime) ,etime=now())\n | extend sld = tostring(split(DnsQuery, \".\")[-2])\n | summarize StartTime = min(TimeGenerated), EndTime = max(TimeGenerated), dcount(sld) by SrcIpAddr\n | where dcount_sld > threshold\n // Filter out previously seen IPs\n | join kind=leftanti (nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referencestarttime), etime=ago(referenceendtime))\n | extend sld = tostring(split(DnsQuery, \".\")[-2])\n | summarize dcount(sld) by SrcIpAddr\n | where dcount_sld > threshold ) on SrcIpAddr\n// Pull out sample NXDomain responses for those remaining potentially infected IPs\n| join kind = inner (nxDomainDnsEvents (stime=ago(referencestarttime), etime=now()) | summarize by DnsQuery, SrcIpAddr) on SrcIpAddr\n| summarize StartTime = min(StartTime), EndTime = max(EndTime), sampleNXDomainList=make_list(DnsQuery, 100) by SrcIpAddr, dcount_sld\n",
"queryFrequency": "P1D",
"queryPeriod": "P10D",
"severity": "Medium",
"subTechniques": [],
"suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
"suppressionEnabled": false,
"tactics": [
"CommandAndControl"
],
"tags": [
{
"ParentAlert": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/DnsEvents/DNS_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml",
"version": "1.0.0"
},
{
"Schema": "ASIMDns",
"SchemaVersion": "0.1.1"
}
],
"techniques": [
"T1008",
"T1568"
],
"templateVersion": "1.3.4",
"triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
"triggerThreshold": 0
},
"type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
}
]
}