DNS TOR Proxies
Identifies IPs performing DNS lookups associated with common Tor proxies.
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1title: DNS TOR Proxies
2id: a8322756-015c-42e7-afb1-436e85ed3ff5
3related:
4 - id: b55ca2a3-7cff-4dda-8bdd-c7bfa63bf544
5 type: similar
6 - id: 8384bd26-bde6-4da9-8e5d-4174a7a47ca2
7 type: similar
8status: test
9description: Identifies IPs performing DNS lookups associated with common Tor proxies.
10references:
11 - https://github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/f99542b94afe0ad2f19a82cc08262e7ac8e1428e/Detections/ASimDNS/imDNS_TorProxies.yaml
12author: Saw Winn Naung , Azure-Sentinel
13date: 2021-08-15
14modified: 2025-09-12
15tags:
16 - attack.exfiltration
17 - attack.t1048
18logsource:
19 service: dns
20 product: zeek
21detection:
22 selection:
23 query|endswith:
24 - '.hiddenservice.net'
25 - '.onion.ca'
26 - '.onion.cab'
27 - '.onion.casa'
28 - '.onion.city'
29 - '.onion.direct'
30 - '.onion.dog'
31 - '.onion.glass'
32 - '.onion.gq'
33 - '.onion.guide'
34 - '.onion.in.net'
35 - '.onion.ink'
36 - '.onion.it'
37 - '.onion.link'
38 - '.onion.lt'
39 - '.onion.lu'
40 - '.onion.ly'
41 - '.onion.mn'
42 - '.onion.network'
43 - '.onion.nu'
44 - '.onion.pet'
45 - '.onion.plus'
46 - '.onion.pt'
47 - '.onion.pw'
48 - '.onion.rip'
49 - '.onion.sh'
50 - '.onion.si'
51 - '.onion.to'
52 - '.onion.top'
53 - '.onion.ws'
54 - '.onion'
55 - '.s1.tor-gateways.de'
56 - '.s2.tor-gateways.de'
57 - '.s3.tor-gateways.de'
58 - '.s4.tor-gateways.de'
59 - '.s5.tor-gateways.de'
60 - '.t2w.pw'
61 - '.tor2web.ae.org'
62 - '.tor2web.blutmagie.de'
63 - '.tor2web.com'
64 - '.tor2web.fi'
65 - '.tor2web.io'
66 - '.tor2web.org'
67 - '.tor2web.xyz'
68 - '.torlink.co'
69 condition: selection
70fields:
71 - clientip
72falsepositives:
73 - Unknown
74level: medium
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