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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
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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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Source provenance
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- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
b6e26c67-f596-5c0f-8614-c88d715508c5
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC