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Active Rule
DNS Query To Common Malware Hosting and Shortener Services
Target Profile
Splunk
Splunk through pysigma-backend-splunk.
Format Mode
Default
Default pySigma output mode for this backend.
Conversion Output
DNS Query To Common Malware Hosting and Shortener Services
Using Splunk · Default · pySigma 1.3.3
Translation controls
Adjust the rule on the left, then regenerate when you want a fresh backend-native query.
BackendSplunkFormatDefaultVersion1.3.3
title: DNS Query To Common Malware Hosting and Shortener Services
id: f8c1e80b-c73a-476a-ae24-6c72528b1521
status: experimental
description: |
Detects DNS queries to domains commonly used by threat actors to host malware payloads or redirect through URL shorteners.
These include platforms like Cloudflare Workers, TryCloudflare, InfinityFree, and URL shorteners such as tinyurl and lihi.cc.
Such DNS activity can indicate potential delivery or command-and-control communication attempts.
references:
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/apt41-innovative-tactics
author: Ahmed Nosir (@egycondor)
date: 2025-06-02
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.t1071.004
logsource:
product: windows
category: dns_query
detection:
selection:
QueryName|contains:
- 'msapp.workers.dev'
- 'trycloudflare.com'
- 'infinityfreeapp.com'
- 'my5353.com'
- 'reurl.cc'
- 'lihi.cc'
- 'tinyurl.com'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Legitimate use of these services is possible but rare in enterprise environments
level: medium
CLI command
Copy the exact command to reproduce this translation locally.
sigma convert --without-pipeline -t splunk -f default rules/windows/dns_query/dns_query_win_common_malware_hosting_services.yml