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Whisper Security - Domain Registrar Change Anomaly

Description

Detects domains whose registrar has changed across WHOIS history snapshots within the last 30 days. Registrar changes may indicate domain hijacking or adversary infrastructure acquisition.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
14d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

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

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Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

// MITRE ATT&CK: T1584 - Compromise Infrastructure
// Tactic: Resource Development
// Detects registrar changes across WHOIS history snapshots
let lookbackPeriod = 14d;
WhisperHistory_CL
    | where TimeGenerated > ago(lookbackPeriod)
    | where indicatorType == "domain"
    | where isnotempty(registrar)
    | summarize Registrars = make_set(registrar), SnapshotCount = count(), EarliestSnapshot = min(snapshotDate), LatestSnapshot = max(snapshotDate) by indicator
    | where array_length(Registrars) > 1
    | mv-expand CurrentRegistrar = Registrars
    | extend CurrentRegistrar = tostring(CurrentRegistrar)
    | join kind=inner (
        WhisperHistory_CL
        | where TimeGenerated > ago(lookbackPeriod)
        | where indicatorType == "domain"
        | where isnotempty(registrar)
        | serialize
        | extend PreviousRegistrar = prev(registrar), PreviousIndicator = prev(indicator)
        | where indicator == PreviousIndicator
        | where registrar != PreviousRegistrar
        | where isnotempty(PreviousRegistrar)
        | project indicator, OldRegistrar = PreviousRegistrar, NewRegistrar = registrar, ChangeDate = snapshotDate
    ) on indicator
    | project TimeGenerated = ChangeDate, DnsDomain = indicator, OldRegistrar, NewRegistrar, ChangeDate, SnapshotCount
    | distinct TimeGenerated, DnsDomain, OldRegistrar, NewRegistrar, ChangeDate, SnapshotCount

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DNS

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Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
b6e26c67-f596-5c0f-8614-c88d715508c5
Additional source files 2Solutions/Whisper/Analytic Rules/DomainRegistrarChangeAnomaly.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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