title: DNS Tunnel Technique from MuddyWater
id: 36222790-0d43-4fe8-86e4-674b27809543
status: test
description: Detecting DNS tunnel activity for Muddywater actor
author: '@caliskanfurkan_'
references:
  - https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/5ad401c3a568bd87dd13f8a9ddc4e450ece61cd9ce4d1b23f68ce0b1f3c190b7/
  - https://www.vmray.com/analyses/5ad401c3a568/report/overview.html
date: 2020/06/04
modified: 2021/11/27
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection:
    Image|endswith: '\powershell.exe'
    ParentImage|endswith: '\excel.exe'
    CommandLine|contains: 'DataExchange.dll'
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Unknown
level: critical
tags:
  - attack.command_and_control
  - attack.t1071.004
