Potential DGA detected (ASIM DNS Schema)
Identifies clients with a high NXDomain count which could be indicative of a DGA (cycling through possible C2 domains where most C2s are not live). Alert is generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being…
Description
Identifies clients with a high NXDomain count which could be indicative of a DGA (cycling through possible C2 domains where most C2s are not live). Alert is generated when a new IP address is seen (based on not being seen associated with NXDomain records in prior 10-day baseline period). This analytic rule uses [ASIM](https://aka.ms/AboutASIM) and supports any built-in or custom source that supports the ASIM DNS schema
Detection logic
Detection requirements
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel/blob/master/Detections/DnsEvents/DNS_HighNXDomainCount_detection.yaml | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 983a6922-894d-413c-9f04-d7add0ecc307
- Tagged by the source as
- CommandAndControlSecurity - Network
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Sep 2, 2026
- Version
- 1