Potential Discovery Activity Via Dnscmd.EXE
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About the rule
Rule Type
Standard
Rule Description
Detects an attempt to leverage dnscmd.exe to enumerate the DNS zones of a domain. DNS zones used to host the DNS records for a particular domain.
Severity
Trouble
Rule Requirement
Criteria
Action1: actionname = "Process started" AND PROCESSNAME endswith "\dnscmd.exe" AND COMMANDLINE contains "/enumrecords,/enumzones,/ZonePrint,/info" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.MESSAGE,Action1.COMMANDLINE,Action1.FILE_NAME,Action1.PROCESSNAME,Action1.USERNAME,Action1.PARENTPROCESSNAME
Detection
Execution Mode
realtime
Log Sources
Active Directory
Author
@gott_cyber
