Command and Control: DNS Tunneling

This document describes a threat finding type in Security Command Center. Threat findings are generated by threat detectors when they detect a potential threat in your cloud resources. For a full list of available threat findings, see Threat findings index .

Overview

The handshake of the DNS tunneling tool Iodine was detected. Findings are classified as Lowseverity by default.

Detection service

Event Threat Detection

How to respond

To respond to this finding, do the following.

Review finding details

1. Open the Command and Control: DNS Tunneling finding as directed in Reviewing findings . Review the details in the Summaryand JSONtabs.

2. Identify other findings that occurred at a similar time for this resource. Related findings might indicate that this activity was malicious, instead of a failure to follow best practices.

3. Review the settings of the affected resource.

4. Check the logs for the affected resource.

Research attack and response methods

Review the MITRE ATT&CK framework entry for this finding type: Application Layer Protocol: DNS .

What's next

• Learn how to work with threat findings in Security Command Center .
• Refer to the Threat findings index .
• Learn how to review a finding through the Google Cloud console.
• Learn about the services that generate threat findings .