DNS Query by Finger Utility

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

Detects DNS queries made by the finger utility, which can be abused by threat actors to retrieve remote commands for execution on Windows devices.

Severity

Attention

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

@Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)