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Potential Discovery Activity Via Dnscmd.EXE

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.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Log source product
windows
Log source category
process_creation

Known benign triggers

  • Legitimate administration use

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