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Cisco Cloud Security - Connection to Unpopular Website Detected

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Description

'Detects first connection to an unpopular website (possible malicious payload delivery).'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.1.3
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
14d
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.

let top_million_list = Cisco_Umbrella
| where EventType == "proxylogs"
| extend Hostname = parse_url(UrlOriginal)["Host"]
| summarize count() by tostring(Hostname)
| top 1000000 by count_
| summarize make_list(Hostname);
Cisco_Umbrella
| where EventType == "proxylogs"
| extend Hostname = parse_url(UrlOriginal)["Host"]
| where Hostname !in (top_million_list)
| extend Message = "Connect to unpopular website (possible malicious payload delivery)"
| project TimeGenerated, Message, SrcIpAddr, DstIpAddr, UrlOriginal 

Declared entities

URLIP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
75297f62-10a8-4fc1-9b2a-12f25c6f05a7
Additional source files 2Solutions/CiscoUmbrella/Analytic Rules/CiscoUmbrellaConnectionToUnpopularWebsiteDetected.yamlsource ↗Solutions/CiscoUmbrella/Data/Solution_CiscoUmbrella.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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