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Heuristic DNS detections in Azure Security Center

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We have heard from many customers about their challenges with detecting highly evasive threats. To help provide guidance, we published Windows DNS server logging for network forensics and the introduction of the Azure DNS Analytics solution. Today, we are discussing some of our more complex, heuristic techniques to detect malicious use of this vital protocol and how these detect key components of common real-world attacks.

 

These analytics focus on behavior that is common to a variety of attacks, ranging from advanced targeted intrusions to the more mundane worms, botnets and ransomware. Such techniques are designed to complement more concrete signature-based detection, giving the opportunity to identify such behavior prior to the deployment of analyst driven rules. This is especially important in the case of targeted attacks, where time to detection of such activity is typically measured in months. The longer an attacker has access to a network, the more expensive the eventual clean-up and removal process becomes. Similarly, while rule-based detection of ransomware is normally available within a few days of an outbreak, this is often too late to avoid significant brand and financial damage for many organizations.

 

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Read about it in the Azure blog.

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