Elastic high stable kql

Possible FIN7 DGA Command and Control Behavior

This rule detects a known command and control pattern in network events. The FIN7 threat group is known to use this command and control technique, while maintaining persistence in their target's network.

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Detection Logic

from packetbeat-*, filebeat-*, logs-network_traffic.*, logs-panw.panos* metadata _id, _version, _index
| where (
    data_stream.dataset in ("network_traffic.tls", "network_traffic.http") or
    (
      data_stream.dataset == "panw.panos" and
      network.application in ("ssl", "web-browsing") and network.transport == "tcp"
    ) or
    (event.category in ("network", "network_traffic") and network.protocol in ("tls", "http") and network.transport == "tcp")
  )
| where destination.domain RLIKE "[a-zA-Z]{4,5}\\.(pw
| us
| club
| info
| site
| top)"
| where destination.domain != "zoom.us"
| keep @timestamp, destination.domain, source.ip, destination.ip, network.protocol, network.transport, data_stream.dataset, _id, _version, _index

False Positives

⚠ This rule could identify benign domains that are formatted similarly to FIN7's command and control algorithm. Alerts should be investigated by an analyst to assess the validity of the individual observations.

Field Validations

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