{'created': '2020-10-02T15:47:10.102Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': "Adversaries may gather information about the victim's DNS "
                'that can be used during targeting. DNS information may '
                'include a variety of details, including registered name '
                'servers as well as records that outline addressing for a '
                'target’s subdomains, mail servers, and other hosts. DNS MX, '
                'TXT, and SPF records may also reveal the use of third party '
                'cloud and SaaS providers, such as Office 365, G Suite, '
                'Salesforce, or Zendesk.(Citation: Sean Metcalf Twitter DNS '
                'Records)\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may gather this information in various ways, such '
                'as querying or otherwise collecting details via [DNS/Passive '
                'DNS](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596/001). DNS '
                'information may also be exposed to adversaries via online or '
                'other accessible data sets (ex: [Search Open Technical '
                'Databases](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596)).(Citation: '
                'DNS Dumpster)(Citation: Circl Passive DNS) Gathering this '
                'information may reveal opportunities for other forms of '
                'reconnaissance (ex: [Search Open Technical '
                'Databases](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1596), '
                '[Search Open '
                'Websites/Domains](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1593), '
                'or [Active '
                'Scanning](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1595)), '
                'establishing operational resources (ex: [Acquire '
                'Infrastructure](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1583) or '
                '[Compromise '
                'Infrastructure](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1584)), '
                'and/or initial access (ex: [External Remote '
                'Services](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1133)).\n'
                '\n'
                'Adversaries may also use DNS zone transfer (DNS query type '
                'AXFR) to collect all records from a misconfigured DNS '
                'server.(Citation: Trails-DNS)(Citation: DNS-CISA)(Citation: '
                'Alexa-dns)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'T1590.002',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1590/002'},
                         {'description': 'CIRCL Computer Incident Response '
                                         'Center. (n.d.). Passive DNS. '
                                         'Retrieved October 20, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'Circl Passive DNS',
                          'url': 'https://www.circl.lu/services/passive-dns/'},
                         {'description': 'CISA. (2016, September 29). DNS Zone '
                                         'Transfer AXFR Requests May Leak '
                                         'Domain Information. Retrieved June '
                                         '5, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'DNS-CISA',
                          'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2015/04/13/dns-zone-transfer-axfr-requests-may-leak-domain-information'},
                         {'description': 'Hacker Target. (n.d.). DNS Dumpster. '
                                         'Retrieved October 20, 2020.',
                          'source_name': 'DNS Dumpster',
                          'url': 'https://dnsdumpster.com/'},
                         {'description': "Scanning Alexa's Top 1M for AXFR. "
                                         '(2015, March 29). Retrieved June 5, '
                                         '2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Alexa-dns',
                          'url': 'https://en.internetwache.org/scanning-alexas-top-1m-for-axfr-29-03-2015/'},
                         {'description': 'Sean Metcalf. (2019, May 9). Sean '
                                         'Metcalf Twitter. Retrieved September '
                                         '12, 2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Sean Metcalf Twitter DNS Records',
                          'url': 'https://x.com/PyroTek3/status/1126487227712921600'},
                         {'description': 'SecurityTrails. (2018, March 14). '
                                         'Wrong Bind Configuration Exposes the '
                                         "Complete List of Russian TLD's to "
                                         'the Internet. Retrieved June 5, '
                                         '2024.',
                          'source_name': 'Trails-DNS',
                          'url': 'https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055527/https://securitytrails.com/blog/russian-tlds'}],
 'id': 'attack-pattern--0ff59227-8aa8-4c09-bf1f-925605bd07ea',
 'kill_chain_phases': [{'kill_chain_name': 'mitre-attack',
                        'phase_name': 'reconnaissance'}],
 'modified': '2025-10-24T17:48:24.404Z',
 'name': 'DNS',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'attack-pattern',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Jannie Li, Microsoft Threat Intelligence\u202f'
                          'Center\u202f(MSTIC)'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_detection': '',
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_is_subtechnique': True,
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_platforms': ['PRE'],
 'x_mitre_version': '1.2'}