Detectionhighstable
Monero Crypto Coin Mining Pool Lookup
Detects suspicious DNS queries to Monero mining pools
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Log Source
dns
Categorydns← raw: dns
Detection Logic
Detection Logic1 selector
detection:
selection:
query|contains:
- 'pool.minexmr.com'
- 'fr.minexmr.com'
- 'de.minexmr.com'
- 'sg.minexmr.com'
- 'ca.minexmr.com'
- 'us-west.minexmr.com'
- 'pool.supportxmr.com'
- 'mine.c3pool.com'
- 'xmr-eu1.nanopool.org'
- 'xmr-eu2.nanopool.org'
- 'xmr-us-east1.nanopool.org'
- 'xmr-us-west1.nanopool.org'
- 'xmr-asia1.nanopool.org'
- 'xmr-jp1.nanopool.org'
- 'xmr-au1.nanopool.org'
- 'xmr.2miners.com'
- 'xmr.hashcity.org'
- 'xmr.f2pool.com'
- 'xmrpool.eu'
- 'pool.hashvault.pro'
condition: selectionFalse Positives
Legitimate crypto coin mining
References
MITRE ATT&CK
Rule Metadata
Rule ID
b593fd50-7335-4682-a36c-4edcb68e4641
Status
stable
Level
high
Type
Detection
Created
Sun Oct 24
Path
rules/network/dns/net_dns_pua_cryptocoin_mining_xmr.yml
Raw Tags
attack.impactattack.t1496attack.exfiltrationattack.t1567