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DGA Regex in Splunk

masfar
Engager

I am trying to search through logs for unusual domains generated by DGAs. I want to use regex to search for domain names with 7-12 characters ending with TLD. The characters are alphanumeric.
For example, abc1djdfkf.xyz

I have used the following regex patterns, but did not see the desired results.

rex field=URL "(?\w{7,12}.(XYZ))$"

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

So... you're looking for seven to twelve alphanumeric characters where at least one is a digit and at least one is a letter?
I'll be lazy and cheat:

| rex field=URL "(?<url_dga>(?=\w*\d)(?=\w*[a-zA-Z])\w{7,12}\.xyz)"
| regex URL="(?=\w*\d)(?=\w*[a-zA-Z])\w{7,12}\.xyz"

Note 1: I've added regex, in case you're trying to filter and not extract a field.
Note 2: djdhdjahdja.xyz is technically alphanumeric 😛
Note 3: To add more laziness, take a look at https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/3435 - one of its examples targets algorithmically generated domains.

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I've added back the rex command to extract fields rather than searching by regex.

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Well, it does match the example you gave that should match, and doesn't match the example you gave that shouldn't match.

Are you trying to extract a new field |rex or filter results |regex?

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masfar
Engager

Martin- I am looking to extract the field.

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masfar
Engager

Martin- Thanks, but the query you mentioned is not providing the desired results. For example, the results include abc.zybdkdke12.xyz , www.dahdha2ddalk.xyz, when I am only interested in the main domain itself (zybdkdke12.xyz and dahdha2ddalk.xyz).

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try this

...| rex field=URL "(?<domain>\w{7,12}\.xyz)"

masfar
Engager

somesoni2- The DGA I am observing generates domains in alphanumeric characters, so in my regex I want to be able to search for domains that contain ONLY alphanumeric values. For example, I want to get a hit on ababdbdb233.xyz and not on djdhdjahdja.xyz.

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