Potential DGA(Domain Generation Algorithm) detected via Repetitive Failures - Anomaly based (ASIM DNS Solution)
This rule makes use of the series decompose anomaly method to detect clients with a high NXDomain response count, which could be indicative of a DGA (cycling through possible C2 domains where most C2s are not live).…
Description
This rule makes use of the series decompose anomaly method to detect clients with a high NXDomain response count, which could be indicative of a DGA (cycling through possible C2 domains where most C2s are not live). An alert is generated when new IP address DNS activity is identified as an outlier when compared to the baseline, indicating a recurring pattern. It utilizes [ASIM](https://aka.ms/AboutASIM) normalization and is applied to any source that supports the ASIM DNS schema. The rule also depends on the "**DNSEssentialsCustomParser**" Parser, so please make sure it is installed and configured before you use this Rule.
Detection logic
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 01191239-274e-43c9-b154-3a042692af06
- Tagged by the source as
- CommandAndControl
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Version
- 2