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Id983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307
RulenamePotential DGA detected (ASIM DNS Schema)
DescriptionIdentifies 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
SeverityMedium
TacticsCommandAndControl
TechniquesT1568
T1008
Required data connectorsAzureFirewall
CiscoUmbrellaDataConnector
Corelight
DNS
GCPDNSDataConnector
InfobloxNIOS
NXLogDnsLogs
Zscaler
KindScheduled
Query frequency1d
Query period10d
Trigger threshold0
Trigger operatorgt
Source Urihttps://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimDNS/imDns_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml
Version1.3.3
Arm template983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307.json
Deploy To Azure
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
metadata:
  categories:
    domains:
    - Security - Network
  support:
    tier: Community
  source:
    kind: Community
  author:
    name: Yaron
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
queryPeriod: 10d
kind: Scheduled
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'  
version: 1.3.3
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  
relevantTechniques:
- T1568
- T1008
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/ASimDNS/imDns_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml
severity: Medium
triggerThreshold: 0
name: Potential DGA detected (ASIM DNS Schema)
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
entityMappings:
- entityType: IP
  fieldMappings:
  - identifier: Address
    columnName: SrcIpAddr
id: 983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307
queryFrequency: 1d
{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "workspace": {
      "type": "String"
    }
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "apiVersion": "2023-02-01-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\nwhere 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",
        "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": "1.3.3",
        "triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
        "triggerThreshold": 0
      },
      "type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
    }
  ]
}