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Excessive NXDOMAIN DNS Queries

Description

'This creates an incident in the event a client generates excessive amounts of DNS queries for non-existent domains.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.5
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
1h
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

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

Connectors

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let threshold = 200;
Infoblox_dnsclient
| where isnotempty(DnsResponseCode)
| where DnsResponseCode =~ "NXDOMAIN"
| summarize count() by SrcIpAddr, bin(TimeGenerated,15m)
| where count_ > threshold
| join kind=inner (Infoblox_dnsclient
    | where isnotempty(DnsResponseCode)
    | where DnsResponseCode =~ "NXDOMAIN"
    ) on SrcIpAddr

Declared entities

IP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

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Source identifier
b8266f81-2715-41a6-9062-42486cbc9c73
Additional source files 2Solutions/Infoblox NIOS/Analytic Rules/ExcessiveNXDOMAINDNSQueries.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Infoblox NIOS/Data/Solution_InfobloxNIOS.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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