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//Identifies potential DNS tunnelling over HTTPS 

//Data connector required for this query - M365 Defender - Device* tables

//Microsoft Sentinel query
DeviceNetworkEvents
| where ActionType == "NetworkSignatureInspected"
| extend AF = parse_json(AdditionalFields)
| extend NetworkSignature = AF.SignatureName
//Search for network signatures that are DNS but not on regular DNS ports including Netbios & LLMNR if those are in use
| where NetworkSignature == "DNS_Request" and RemotePort !in ("53", "137", "5353", "5355")
//Exclude traffic where the remote IP is a private/local IP address, you can remove this if also interested in that traffic
| where not(ipv4_is_private(RemoteIP))
| project
    TimeGenerated,
    DeviceName,
    NetworkSignature,
    LocalIP,
    LocalPort,
    RemoteIP,
    RemotePort,
    RemoteUrl

//Advanced Hunting query

//Data connector required for this query - Advanced Hunting license

DeviceNetworkEvents
| where ActionType == "NetworkSignatureInspected"
| extend AF = parse_json(AdditionalFields)
| extend NetworkSignature = AF.SignatureName
//Search for network signatures that are DNS but not on regular DNS ports including Netbios & LLMNR if those are in use
| where NetworkSignature == "DNS_Request" and RemotePort !in ("53", "137", "5353", "5355")
//Exclude traffic where the remote IP is a private/local IP address, you can remove this if also interested in that traffic
| where not(ipv4_is_private(RemoteIP))
| project
    Timestamp,
    DeviceName,
    NetworkSignature,
    LocalIP,
    LocalPort,
    RemoteIP,
    RemotePort,
    RemoteUrl