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This detection has been marked deprecated by the Splunk Threat Research team. This means that it will no longer be maintained or supported.

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Description

This search looks for DNS requests for phishing domains that are leveraging EvilGinx tools to mimic websites.

  • Type: TTP
  • Product: Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk Cloud
  • Datamodel: Network_Resolution, Web
  • Last Updated: 2024-08-16
  • Author: Bhavin Patel, Splunk
  • ID: 24dd17b1-e2fb-4c31-878c-d4f226595bfa

Annotations

ATT&CK

ATT&CK

ID Technique Tactic
T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service Initial Access
Kill Chain Phase
  • Delivery
NIST
  • DE.CM
CIS20
  • CIS 13
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| tstats `security_content_summariesonly` count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(DNS.answer) as answer from datamodel=Network_Resolution.DNS by DNS.dest DNS.src DNS.query host 
| `drop_dm_object_name(DNS)`
| rex field=query ".*?(?<domain>[^./:]+\.(\S{2,3}
|\S{2,3}.\S{2,3}))$" 
| stats count values(query) as query by domain dest src answer
| search `evilginx_phishlets_amazon` OR `evilginx_phishlets_facebook` OR `evilginx_phishlets_github` OR `evilginx_phishlets_0365` OR `evilginx_phishlets_outlook` OR `evilginx_phishlets_aws` OR `evilginx_phishlets_google` 
| search NOT [ inputlookup legit_domains.csv 
| fields domain]
| join domain type=outer [
| tstats count `security_content_summariesonly` values(Web.url) as url from datamodel=Web.Web by Web.dest Web.site 
| rename "Web.*" as * 
| rex field=site ".*?(?<domain>[^./:]+\.(\S{2,3}
|\S{2,3}.\S{2,3}))$" 
| table dest domain url] 
| table count src dest query answer domain url 
| `detect_dns_requests_to_phishing_sites_leveraging_evilginx2_filter`

Macros

The SPL above uses the following Macros:

:information_source: detect_dns_requests_to_phishing_sites_leveraging_evilginx2_filter is a empty macro by default. It allows the user to filter out any results (false positives) without editing the SPL.

Required fields

List of fields required to use this analytic.

  • _time
  • DNS.answer
  • DNS.dest
  • DNS.src
  • DNS.query
  • host

How To Implement

You need to ingest data from your DNS logs in the Network_Resolution datamodel. Specifically you must ingest the domain that is being queried and the IP of the host originating the request. Ideally, you should also be ingesting the answer to the query and the query type. This approach allows you to also create your own localized passive DNS capability which can aid you in future investigations. You will have to add legitimate domain names to the legit_domains.csv file shipped with the app. Splunk>Phantom Playbook Integration If Splunk>Phantom is also configured in your environment, a Playbook called Lets Encrypt Domain Investigate can be configured to run when any results are found by this detection search. To use this integration, install the Phantom App for Splunk https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3411/, add the correct hostname to the "Phantom Instance" field in the Adaptive Response Actions when configuring this detection search, and set the corresponding Playbook to active. (Playbook link:https://my.phantom.us/4.2/playbook/lets-encrypt-domain-investigate/)

Known False Positives

If a known good domain is not listed in the legit_domains.csv file, then the search could give you false postives. Please update that lookup file to filter out DNS requests to legitimate domains.

Associated Analytic Story

RBA

Risk Score Impact Confidence Message
25.0 50 50 tbd

:information_source: The Risk Score is calculated by the following formula: Risk Score = (Impact * Confidence/100). Initial Confidence and Impact is set by the analytic author.

Reference

Test Dataset

Replay any dataset to Splunk Enterprise by using our replay.py tool or the UI. Alternatively you can replay a dataset into a Splunk Attack Range

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