Cobalt Strike DNS Beaconing
Detects suspicious DNS queries known from Cobalt Strike beacons
Detection logic
selection1
query|startswith:
- aaa.stage.
- post.1selection2
query|contains: .stage.123456.Condition
1 of selection*Raw YAML
title: Cobalt Strike DNS Beaconing
id: 2975af79-28c4-4d2f-a951-9095f229df29
status: test
description: Detects suspicious DNS queries known from Cobalt Strike beacons
references:
- https://www.icebrg.io/blog/footprints-of-fin7-tracking-actor-patterns
- https://www.sekoia.io/en/hunting-and-detecting-cobalt-strike/
author: Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
date: 2018-05-10
modified: 2022-10-09
tags:
- attack.command-and-control
- attack.t1071.004
logsource:
category: dns
detection:
selection1:
query|startswith:
- 'aaa.stage.'
- 'post.1'
selection2:
query|contains: '.stage.123456.'
condition: 1 of selection*
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: criticalFalse positives
- Unknown