DNS
Subtechnique · ATTACK:ics:T0869.001
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{
"id": "ATTACK:ics:T0869.001",
"title": "DNS",
"type": "Subtechnique",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T0869/001",
"snapshot": "ics-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "attack-pattern--1aa2bf29-6015-4c8f-a15a-21ae0aff64de",
"external_id": "T0869.001",
"domain": "ics",
"created": "2026-09-26T02:55:07.994Z",
"modified": "2026-10-09T18:14:56.779Z",
"version": "1.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
"command-and-control"
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Medium DnsTunneling",
"url": "https://medium.com/@galolbardes/learn-how-easy-is-to-bypass-firewalls-using-dns-tunneling-and-also-how-to-block-it-3ed652f4a000"
},
{
"source_name": "OilRig Uses Updated BONDUPDATER to Target Middle Eastern Government",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-oilrig-uses-updated-bondupdater-target-middle-eastern-government/"
},
{
"source_name": "PAN DNS Tunneling",
"url": "https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/what-is-dns-tunneling"
},
{
"source_name": "DNS Beacons",
"url": "https://vercara.digicert.com/resources/dns-beacons#page_top"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (4)
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ATTACK:ics:M0931 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0869.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--01914eb7-9c43-4170-9f0e-f7c2a2c4d396
ATTACK:ics:M0937 → mitigates → ATTACK:ics:T0869.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2bfb3a93-422c-4a36-a9c2-c5a9e79477d8
ATTACK:ics:T0869.001 → subtechnique-of → ATTACK:ics:T0869
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--81722115-69d3-4769-89e5-53491504d9c4
ATTACK:ics:S9046 → uses → ATTACK:ics:T0869.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d16098fd-9b2d-479c-a25a-f970bce86f94
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