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DNS Exfiltration and Tunneling Tools Execution

Well-known DNS Exfiltration tools execution

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Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.communityCreated Thu Oct 24Updated Sat Nov 2798a96a5a-64a0-4c42-92c5-489da3866cb0windows

Log Source

WindowsProcess Creation

ProductWindows← raw: windows

CategoryProcess Creation← raw: process_creation

Events generated when a new process is spawned on the system. Covers command-line arguments, parent/child relationships, and process metadata.

Detection Logic

detection:
    selection:
        - Image|endswith: '\iodine.exe'
        - Image|contains: '\dnscat2'
    condition: selection

False Positives

Unlikely

False positives are unlikely for most environments. High confidence detection.

References

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactics

Sub-techniques

Rule Metadata

Rule ID

98a96a5a-64a0-4c42-92c5-489da3866cb0

Status

test

Level

high

Type

Detection

Created

Thu Oct 24

Modified

Sat Nov 27

Author

Path

rules/windows/process_creation/proc_creation_win_dns_exfiltration_tools_execution.yml

Raw Tags

attack.exfiltrationattack.t1048.001attack.command-and-controlattack.t1071.004attack.t1132.001