DNS Full Name anomalous lookup increase
Checking for a threefold increase or more in Full Name lookups per Client IP for the current day as compared to the daily average for the previous week. This can potentially identify excessive traffic to a given…
Description
Checking for a threefold increase or more in Full Name lookups per Client IP for the current day as compared to the daily average for the previous week. This can potentially identify excessive traffic to a given location that could be indicative of data transfer out of your network. This is only for Name lookups, so it would be recommended to review the firewall and web proxy logs in relation to the ClientIP making the interesting requests.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiIaaSLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 3 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- dns
- Log source service
- dnsevents
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
- 81b478a7-46e2-4f7f-a1aa-aba5e541232b
- Tagged by the source as
- CommandAndControlExfiltration
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1