Elastic Security Detection Rules

Machine Learning Detected DGA activity using a known SUNBURST DNS domain

Last updated a month ago on 2025-04-22
Created 2 years ago on 2023-09-14

About

A supervised machine learning model has identified a DNS question name that used by the SUNBURST malware and is predicted to be the result of a Domain Generation Algorithm.
Tags
Domain: NetworkDomain: EndpointData Source: Elastic DefendUse Case: Domain Generation Algorithm DetectionRule Type: MLRule Type: Machine LearningTactic: Command and ControlLanguage: kuery
Severity
high
Risk Score
73
MITRE ATT&CK™

Command and Control (TA0011)(opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Dynamic Resolution (T1568)(opens in a new tab or window)

License
Elastic License v2(opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type
Query (Kibana Query Language)
Integration Pack
Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns
logs-endpoint.events.*logs-network_traffic.*
Related Integrations

dga(opens in a new tab or window)

endpoint(opens in a new tab or window)

network_traffic(opens in a new tab or window)

Query
ml_is_dga.malicious_prediction:1 and dns.question.registered_domain:avsvmcloud.com

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect Machine Learning Detected DGA activity using a known SUNBURST DNS domain in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(opens in a new tab or window).