Potential DGA detected
Id | a0907abe-6925-4d90-af2b-c7e89dc201a6 |
Rulename | Potential DGA detected |
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). Alerts are generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being associated with NXDomain records in the prior 10-day baseline period). |
Severity | Medium |
Tactics | CommandAndControl |
Techniques | T1568 T1008 |
Required data connectors | DNS |
Kind | Scheduled |
Query frequency | 1d |
Query period | 10d |
Trigger threshold | 0 |
Trigger operator | gt |
Source Uri | https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Windows Server DNS/Analytic Rules/DNS_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml |
Version | 1.0.3 |
Arm template | a0907abe-6925-4d90-af2b-c7e89dc201a6.json |
let starttime = 10d;
let endtime = 1d;
let threshold = 100;
let nxDomainDnsEvents = DnsEvents
// ResultCode 3 => 'NXDOMAIN'
| where ResultCode == 3
| where QueryType in~ ("A", "AAAA")
| where ipv4_is_match("127.0.0.1", ClientIP) == False
| where Name !has "/"
| where Name has ".";
nxDomainDnsEvents
| where TimeGenerated > ago(endtime)
// sld = Second Level Domain
| extend sld = tostring(split(Name, ".")[-2])
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), dcount(sld), sampleNXDomainList=make_set(Name, 100) by ClientIP
| where dcount_sld > threshold
// Filter out previously seen IPs
// Returns all the records from the left side that don't have matches from the right
| join kind=leftanti (nxDomainDnsEvents
| where TimeGenerated between(ago(starttime)..ago(endtime))
| extend sld = tostring(split(Name, ".")[-2])
| summarize dcount(sld) by ClientIP, bin(TimeGenerated,1d)
| where dcount_sld > threshold
) on ClientIP
| order by dcount_sld desc
relevantTechniques:
- T1568
- T1008
name: Potential DGA detected
requiredDataConnectors:
- dataTypes:
- DnsEvents
connectorId: DNS
entityMappings:
- fieldMappings:
- identifier: Address
columnName: ClientIP
entityType: IP
triggerThreshold: 0
id: a0907abe-6925-4d90-af2b-c7e89dc201a6
tactics:
- CommandAndControl
version: 1.0.3
OriginalUri: https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Windows Server DNS/Analytic Rules/DNS_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml
queryPeriod: 10d
kind: Scheduled
queryFrequency: 1d
severity: Medium
status: Available
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).
Alerts are generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being associated with NXDomain records in the prior 10-day baseline period).'
query: |
let starttime = 10d;
let endtime = 1d;
let threshold = 100;
let nxDomainDnsEvents = DnsEvents
// ResultCode 3 => 'NXDOMAIN'
| where ResultCode == 3
| where QueryType in~ ("A", "AAAA")
| where ipv4_is_match("127.0.0.1", ClientIP) == False
| where Name !has "/"
| where Name has ".";
nxDomainDnsEvents
| where TimeGenerated > ago(endtime)
// sld = Second Level Domain
| extend sld = tostring(split(Name, ".")[-2])
| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), dcount(sld), sampleNXDomainList=make_set(Name, 100) by ClientIP
| where dcount_sld > threshold
// Filter out previously seen IPs
// Returns all the records from the left side that don't have matches from the right
| join kind=leftanti (nxDomainDnsEvents
| where TimeGenerated between(ago(starttime)..ago(endtime))
| extend sld = tostring(split(Name, ".")[-2])
| summarize dcount(sld) by ClientIP, bin(TimeGenerated,1d)
| where dcount_sld > threshold
) on ClientIP
| order by dcount_sld desc
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/a0907abe-6925-4d90-af2b-c7e89dc201a6')]",
"kind": "Scheduled",
"name": "[concat(parameters('workspace'),'/Microsoft.SecurityInsights/a0907abe-6925-4d90-af2b-c7e89dc201a6')]",
"properties": {
"alertRuleTemplateName": "a0907abe-6925-4d90-af2b-c7e89dc201a6",
"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).\nAlerts are generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being associated with NXDomain records in the prior 10-day baseline period).'\n",
"displayName": "Potential DGA detected",
"enabled": true,
"entityMappings": [
{
"entityType": "IP",
"fieldMappings": [
{
"columnName": "ClientIP",
"identifier": "Address"
}
]
}
],
"OriginalUri": "https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Solutions/Windows Server DNS/Analytic Rules/DNS_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml",
"query": "let starttime = 10d;\nlet endtime = 1d;\nlet threshold = 100;\nlet nxDomainDnsEvents = DnsEvents\n// ResultCode 3 => 'NXDOMAIN'\n| where ResultCode == 3\n| where QueryType in~ (\"A\", \"AAAA\")\n| where ipv4_is_match(\"127.0.0.1\", ClientIP) == False\n| where Name !has \"/\"\n| where Name has \".\";\nnxDomainDnsEvents\n| where TimeGenerated > ago(endtime)\n// sld = Second Level Domain\n| extend sld = tostring(split(Name, \".\")[-2])\n| summarize StartTimeUtc = min(TimeGenerated), EndTimeUtc = max(TimeGenerated), dcount(sld), sampleNXDomainList=make_set(Name, 100) by ClientIP\n| where dcount_sld > threshold\n// Filter out previously seen IPs\n// Returns all the records from the left side that don't have matches from the right\n| join kind=leftanti (nxDomainDnsEvents\n | where TimeGenerated between(ago(starttime)..ago(endtime))\n | extend sld = tostring(split(Name, \".\")[-2])\n | summarize dcount(sld) by ClientIP, bin(TimeGenerated,1d)\n | where dcount_sld > threshold\n ) on ClientIP\n | order by dcount_sld desc\n",
"queryFrequency": "P1D",
"queryPeriod": "P10D",
"severity": "Medium",
"status": "Available",
"subTechniques": [],
"suppressionDuration": "PT1H",
"suppressionEnabled": false,
"tactics": [
"CommandAndControl"
],
"techniques": [
"T1008",
"T1568"
],
"templateVersion": "1.0.3",
"triggerOperator": "GreaterThan",
"triggerThreshold": 0
},
"type": "Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/providers/alertRules"
}
]
}