Cobalt Strike DNS Beaconing

Cobalt Strike is a famous Pen Test tool that is used by pen testers as well as attackers alike To compromise an environment. The query tries to detect suspicious DNS queries known from Cobalt Strike beacons.

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Platform: ESXi Linux macOS Windows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
Log source product: asimdnsactivitylogs azuremonitor_vminsights dns
Log source service: dnsevents vmconnection

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Cobalt Strike DNS Beaconing

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MITRE ATT&CK mappings

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