Sigma rule: GALLIUM Artefacts - Builtin

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-7bbcde583486, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
GALLIUM Artefacts - Builtin
Status
test
Level
high
Author
Tim Burrell
Date
2020-02-07
Modified
2023-01-02
File
rules-emerging-threats/2020/TA/GALLIUM/win_dns_analytic_apt_gallium.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects artefacts associated with activity group GALLIUM - Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center indicators released in December 2019.

Log source

product
windows
service
dns-server-analytic
definition
Requirements: Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Server/Analytical ({EB79061A-A566-4698-9119-3ED2807060E7}) Event Log must be collected in order to receive the events.

Detection

selection:
    EventID: 257
    QNAME:
        - 'asyspy256.ddns.net'
        - 'hotkillmail9sddcc.ddns.net'
        - 'rosaf112.ddns.net'
        - 'cvdfhjh1231.myftp.biz'
        - 'sz2016rose.ddns.net'
        - 'dffwescwer4325.myftp.biz'
        - 'cvdfhjh1231.ddns.net'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.command-and-control
  • attack.t1071
  • detection.emerging-threats

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2020/TA/GALLIUM/win_dns_analytic_apt_gallium.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "GALLIUM Artefacts - Builtin" by Tim Burrell (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2020/TA/GALLIUM/win_dns_analytic_apt_gallium.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: GALLIUM Artefacts - Builtin",
entity page, dataset version ref-7bbcde583486, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/3db10f25-2527-4b79-8d4b-471eb900ee29 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 3db10f25-2527-4b79-8d4b-471eb900ee29, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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