We have received some strange DNS traffic sample Type A query that isn't your typical DNS format. The DNS query has some fields that do change are marked with a X (see DNS query pattern). Other format/pattern may exist since the capture was based on a very short capture. We are trying to establish what this traffic maybe doing, whether it is a messed up DNS resolver, some sort of command and control or covert channel.
If you have seen this type of DNS query with this kind of behavior, we would like to hear from you.
DNS Query Pattern
XXXXXXaaaaXXX0000pjaaaabaafaejam
Sample Queries
omchikaaaaerd0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
ibjegdaaaaerd0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
ehjjafaaaaesx0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
dlegnhaaaaern0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
cfdnnoaaaaern0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
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Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. http://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
If you have seen this type of DNS query with this kind of behavior, we would like to hear from you.
DNS Query Pattern
XXXXXXaaaaXXX0000pjaaaabaafaejam
Sample Queries
omchikaaaaerd0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
ibjegdaaaaerd0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
ehjjafaaaaesx0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
dlegnhaaaaern0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
cfdnnoaaaaern0000pjaaaabaafaejam: type A, class IN
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Guy Bruneau IPSS Inc. gbruneau at isc dot sans dot edu (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. http://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.