Powershell DNSExfiltration

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

DNSExfiltrator allows for transferring (exfiltrate) a file over a DNS request covert channel

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "PowerShell Script Block Logged" AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains "Invoke-DNSExfiltrator" OR (SCRIPTEXECUTED contains " -i " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains " -d " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains " -p " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains " -doh " AND SCRIPTEXECUTED contains " -t ") select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.SCRIPTEXECUTED

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Windows

Author

frack113