DNS Resolutions from Browser Processes
This query correlates web browser process executions with their DNS queries to identify which domains were resolved by browser processes on specific endpoints
CQL · Falcon Next-Gen SIEMCopy query
// Get all process execution and DNS events on Windows
(#event_simpleName=ProcessRollup2 OR #event_simpleName=DnsRequest) event_platform=Win
| ComputerName=~wildcard(?ComputerName, ignoreCase=true)
// Normalize file name value across both events
| fileName:=concat([FileName, ContextBaseFileName])
// Make sure responsible process is a web browser
| in(field="fileName", values=[chrome.exe, firefox.exe, msedge.exe], ignoreCase=true)
// Normalize Falcon UPID
| falconPID:=TargetProcessId | falconPID:=ContextProcessId
// Use selfJoinFilter to make sure execution and DNS resolution occured under the same UPID value
| selfJoinFilter(field=[aid, falconPID], where=[{#event_simpleName=ProcessRollup2}, {#event_simpleName=DnsRequest}])
// Aggregate results
| groupBy([aid, falconPID], function=([collect([ComputerName, UserName, fileName, DomainName])]))DNS_Resolutions_from_Browser_Processes.yml
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2025-10-29
2025-10-29
