Suspicious DNS Query for TryCloudflare Tunnel Abused for Malware Delivery (via dns_query)

ATT&CK techniques

C2

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Resource Dev
Initial Access
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Defense Evasion
Cred Access
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Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
- T1071.001Web Protocols
- T1102Web Service
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects DNS resolution of trycloudflare.com subdomains, which threat actors abused as disposable tunnels to host WebDAV shares delivering AsyncRAT and XWorm. TryCloudflare is a legitimate developer service so correlate with script or LNK activity.

Reporting behind it

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Suspicious DNS Query for TryCloudflare Tunnel Abused for Malware Delivery (via dns_query)

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