High DNS Bytes Out

calendar Apr 21, 2023 · attack.exfiltration attack.t1048.003  ·
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High DNS queries bytes amount from host per short period of time

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 1title: High DNS Bytes Out
 2id: 0f6c1bf5-70a5-4963-aef9-aab1eefb50bd
 3status: unsupported
 4description: High DNS queries bytes amount from host per short period of time
 5author: Daniil Yugoslavskiy, oscd.community
 6date: 2019/10/24
 7modified: 2023/03/24
 8tags:
 9    - attack.exfiltration
10    - attack.t1048.003
11logsource:
12    category: dns
13detection:
14    selection:
15        query: '*'
16    timeframe: 1m
17    condition: selection | sum(question_length) by src_ip > 300000
18falsepositives:
19    - Legitimate high DNS bytes out rate to domain name which should be added to whitelist
20level: medium

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