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Whisper Security - C2 Communication Detection

Description

Detects command-and-control communication by joining CommonSecurityLog with Whisper threat intelligence data. Fires when network traffic matches a known C2 indicator with a threat score above 60.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
5m
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

// MITRE ATT&CK: T1071 - Application Layer Protocol
// Tactic: Command and Control
// Detects C2 communication by correlating network logs with Whisper threat intel
let timeRange = 1h;
let threatThreshold = 60;
let c2Indicators = WhisperThreatIntel_CL
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(timeRange)
    | where isC2 == true
    | where threatScore > threatThreshold
    | project indicator, threatScore, threatLevel, feedNames, explanation, lastSeen;
let CommonSecurityLogSafe = union isfuzzy=true CommonSecurityLog, (datatable(TimeGenerated:datetime, DestinationIP:string, DestinationHostName:string, SourceIP:string, DeviceProduct:string, DeviceAction:string)[]);
CommonSecurityLogSafe
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(timeRange)
    | where isnotempty(DestinationIP) or isnotempty(DestinationHostName)
    | extend matchIndicator = coalesce(DestinationHostName, DestinationIP)
    | join kind=inner (c2Indicators) on $left.matchIndicator == $right.indicator
    | extend SourceIP = SourceIP, DestinationIP = DestinationIP, DnsDomain = DestinationHostName
    | project TimeGenerated, SourceIP, DestinationIP, DnsDomain, DeviceProduct, DeviceAction, threatScore, threatLevel, feedNames, explanation

Declared entities

IPDNS

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
00682c4c-b8b5-5ef7-af33-50891b271b7b
Additional source files 2Solutions/Whisper/Analytic Rules/C2CommunicationDetection.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Whisper/Data/Solution_Whisper.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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