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DNS Query To Katz Stealer Domains - Network

Status
experimental
Severity
high
Log source
category dns
Author
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
Source
github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma

Detects DNS queries to domains associated with Katz Stealer malware. Katz Stealer is a malware variant that is known to be used for stealing sensitive information from compromised systems. In Enterprise environments, DNS queries to these domains may indicate potential malicious activity or compromise.

Known false positives

  • Unlikely

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Command & Control

Rule body

title: DNS Query To Katz Stealer Domains - Network
id: 6b0c762f-0e1b-435f-a829-5943b08fe36a
related:
    - id: 9c3d6e32-f4c8-4d73-8b8f-95c3b383a13c
      type: similar
status: experimental
description: |
    Detects DNS queries to domains associated with Katz Stealer malware.
    Katz Stealer is a malware variant that is known to be used for stealing sensitive information from compromised systems.
    In Enterprise environments, DNS queries to these domains may indicate potential malicious activity or compromise.
references:
    - Internal research
author: Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)
date: 2025-05-22
tags:
    - attack.command-and-control
    - attack.t1071.004
    - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
    category: dns
detection:
    selection:
        query|contains:
            - 'katz-panel.com'
            - 'katz-stealer.com'
            - 'katzstealer.com'
            - 'twist2katz.com'
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Unlikely
level: high

Stages and Predicates

Stage 0: condition

selection

Stage 1: selection

selection:
    query|contains:
        - 'katz-panel.com'
        - 'katz-stealer.com'
        - 'katzstealer.com'
        - 'twist2katz.com'

Indicators

These rows show field, operator, and value matches.

FieldKindValuesSearch
querymatch
  • katz-panel.com
  • katz-stealer.com
  • katzstealer.com
  • twist2katz.com
field:"query" kind:match