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D3-DNS-D

DNS Sinkhole

Deceive Tactic

Redirect DNS queries for known malicious domains to controlled infrastructure for detection and analysis.

View on MITRE D3FEND

Implementation Guidance

  • Configure DNS sinkhole infrastructure
  • Subscribe to threat intelligence feeds
  • Log all sinkholed queries
  • Alert on internal client hits
  • Analyze traffic patterns

Tools & Technologies

Cisco UmbrellaInfobloxResponse Policy ZonesBINDPi-hole

ATT&CK Techniques Countered

This defensive technique helps protect against the following adversary techniques:

T1071

Application Layer Protocol

Explore Purple Team Matrix for full mappings

Related Techniques in Deceive

D3-DTP

Decoy Token Deployment

D3-DHN

Decoy Honeypot

D3-DF

Decoy File

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