Names | DNSMessenger TEXTMATE | |
Category | Malware | |
Type | Tunneling | |
Description | DNSMessenger makes use of DNS TXT record queries and responses to create a bidirectional Command and Control (C2) channel. This allows the attacker to use DNS communications to submit new commands to be run on infected machines and return the results of the command execution to the attacker. | |
Information | <https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/03/dnsmessenger.html> <https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/10/dnsmessenger-sec-campaign.html> <http://wraithhacker.com/2017/10/11/more-info-on-evolved-dnsmessenger/> | |
MITRE ATT&CK | <https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0146/> | |
Malpedia | <https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.dnsmessenger> | |
AlienVault OTX | <https://otx.alienvault.com/browse/pulses?q=tag:DNSmessenger> |
Last change to this tool card: 13 May 2020
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Changed | Name | Country | Observed | ||
APT groups | |||||
Carbanak, Anunak | 2013-Apr 2023 | ||||
FIN7 | 2013-Jul 2024 |
2 groups listed (2 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
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