dns-communication.md

ID	C0011
Objective(s)	Communication
Related ATT&CK Techniques	None
Version	2.2
Created	14 August 2020
Last Modified	29 April 2024

DNS Communication

The DNS Communication micro-behavior focuses on DNS communication.

Methods

Name	ID	Description
DDNS Domain Connect	C0011.003	Connects to dynamic DNS domain.
Resolve	C0011.001	Resolves a domain.
Resolve Free Hosting Domain	C0011.005	Resolves a free hosting domain (e.g., freeiz.com).
Resolve TLD	C0011.004	Resolves top level domain.
Server Connect	C0011.002	Connects to DNS server.

Use in Malware

Name	Date	Method	Description
Hupigon	2013	C0011.001	Hupigon resolves DNS. [1]
Shamoon	2012	C0011.001	Shamoon resolves DNS. [1]

Detection

Tool: capa	Mapping	APIs
reference DNS over HTTPS endpoints	DNS Communication::Server Connect (C0011.002)	--
resolve DNS	DNS Communication::Resolve (C0011.001)	ws2_32.gethostbyname, DnsQuery_A, DnsQuery_W, DnsQuery_UTF8, DnsQueryEx, GetAddrInfo, GetAddrInfoW, GetAddrInfoEx, gethostbyname, getaddrinfo, getnameinfo, gethostent, System.Net.Dns::GetHostAddresses

Tool: CAPE	Class	Mapping	APIs
network_dns_blockchain	NetworkDNSBlockChain	DNS Communication (C0011)	--
network_dns_idn	NetworkDNSIDN	DNS Communication (C0011)	DnsQueryA
network_dns_opennic	NetworkDNSOpenNIC	DNS Communication (C0011)	--
network_dns_reverse_proxy	NetworkDNSReverseProxy	DNS Communication (C0011)	--
network_dns_suspicious_querytype	NetworkDNSSuspiciousQueryType	DNS Communication (C0011)	DnsQueryA
network_dns_tunneling_request	NetworkDNSTunnelingRequest	DNS Communication (C0011)	DnsQuery_A, DnsQuery_W
network_dns_doh_tls	NetworkDOHTLS	DNS Communication (C0011)	--
network_dga	NetworkDGA	DNS Communication (C0011)	--

C0011.001 Snippet

Communication::DNS Communication::Resolve

SHA256: 000b535ab2a4fec86e2d8254f8ed65c6ebd37309ed68692c929f8f93a99233f6 Location: 0x472CD3

push    ebx     ; hostname to perform DNS lookup for
call    WSOCK32.DLL::gethostbyname      ; Windows function which will retrieve an object representing the specified host

References

[1] capa v4.0, analyzed at MITRE on 10/12/2022