diff --git a/detections/deprecated/detection_of_dns_tunnels.yml b/detections/deprecated/detection_of_dns_tunnels.yml index 5ca1917571..218429fef1 100644 --- a/detections/deprecated/detection_of_dns_tunnels.yml +++ b/detections/deprecated/detection_of_dns_tunnels.yml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ name: Detection of DNS Tunnels id: 104658f4-afdc-499f-9719-17a43f9826f4 version: 2 -date: '2017-09-18' +date: '2022-02-15' author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk type: TTP datamodel: @@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ description: This search is used to detect DNS tunneling, by calculating the sum originating from internal DNS, Web, and Email servers. Endpoints using DNS as a method of transmission for data exfiltration, command and control, or evasion of security controls can often be detected by noting an unusually large volume of DNS - traffic. Deprecated because existing detection is doing the same. + traffic. \ + + NOTE:Deprecated because existing detection is doing the same. This detection is + replaced with two other variations, if you are using MLTK then you can use this + search `ESCU - DNS Query Length Outliers - MLTK - Rule` or use the standard + deviation version `ESCU - DNS Query Length With High Standard Deviation - Rule`, + as an alternantive. + search: '| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` dc("DNS.query") as count from datamodel=Network_Resolution where nodename=DNS "DNS.message_type"="QUERY" NOT (`cim_corporate_web_domain_search("DNS.query")`) NOT "DNS.query"="*.in-addr.arpa"