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# DNSCat pcap analysis
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If you have pcap with data being **exfiltrated by DNSCat** (without using encryption), you can find the exfiltrated content.
You only need to know that the **first 9 bytes** are not real data but are related to the **C\&C communication**:
```python
from scapy.all import rdpcap, DNSQR, DNSRR
import struct
f = ""
last = ""
for p in rdpcap('ch21.pcap'):
if p.haslayer(DNSQR) and not p.haslayer(DNSRR):
qry = p[DNSQR].qname.replace(".jz-n-bs.local.","").strip().split(".")
qry = ''.join(_.decode('hex') for _ in qry)[9:]
if last != qry:
print(qry)
f += qry
last = qry
#print(f)
```
For more information: \
There is a script that works with Python3:
```
python3 dnscat_decoder.py sample.pcap bad_domain
```
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