Automated classification of domain names resolved by malware

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining at least one domain name included in one or more malware domain resolution requests;

obtaining a domain table identifying a plurality of known domains in a domain name system;

obtaining a dynamic domain table identifying a plurality of domains classified as a dynamic domain name system domain in a dynamic domain name system;

parsing a full domain name associated with said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests into a top level domain and a domain;

classifying said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests as a dynamic domain name system domain in the dynamic domain name system when said top level domain and said domain are found in said dynamic domain table; and

storing said classification of said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests as said dynamic domain name system domain in said domain table with a complete domain of said at least one domain, a current date and time and a Time-To-Live attribute of said at least one domain from a response of the domain name system.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of obtaining a whitelist table identifying a plurality of trusted domains, and classifying said at least one domain name as a trusted domain if said top level domain and said domain are found in said whitelist table.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising the step of classifying said at least one domain name as an uncategorized domain if said top level domain and said domain are not found in said dynamic domain table and said whitelist table.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of automatically re-classifying said domain and wherein all sub-domains of the domain are re-categorized to match the domain and top level domain of the re-classified domain.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of monitoring communications of malware to obtain said one or more domain resolution requests.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of automatically reclassifying a given one of said known domains in said domain table such that all sub-domains of the reclassified known domain are updated to match the top level domain and the domain of said reclassified known domain.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more malware domain resolution requests are obtained from a sandbox execution environment.

8. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed by at least one processing device perform the following steps:

obtaining at least one domain name included in one or more malware domain resolution requests;

obtaining a domain table identifying a plurality of known domains in a domain name system;

obtaining a dynamic domain table identifying a plurality of domains classified as a dynamic domain name system domain in a dynamic domain name system;

parsing a full domain name associated with said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests into a top level domain and a domain;

classifying said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests as a dynamic domain name system domain in the dynamic domain name system when said top level domain and said domain are found in said dynamic domain table; and

storing said classification of said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests as said dynamic domain name system domain in said domain table with a complete domain of said at least one domain, a current date and time and a Time-To-Live attribute of said at least one domain from a response of the domain name system.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising the steps of obtaining a whitelist table identifying a plurality of trusted domains, and classifying said at least one domain name as a trusted domain if said top level domain and said domain are found in said whitelist table.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising the step of classifying said at least one domain name as an uncategorized domain if said top level domain and said domain are not found in said dynamic domain table and said whitelist table.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising the step of automatically re-classifying said domain and wherein all sub-domains of the domain are re-categorized to match the domain and top level domain of the re-classified domain.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising the step of monitoring communications of malware to obtain said one or more domain resolution requests.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising the step of automatically reclassifying a given one of said known domains in said domain table such that all sub-domains of the reclassified known domain are updated to match the top level domain and the domain of said reclassified known domain.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more malware domain resolution requests are obtained from a sandbox execution environment.

15. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processing device, coupled to the memory, operative to implement the following steps:

obtaining at least one domain name included in one or more malware domain resolution requests;

obtaining a domain table identifying a plurality of known domains in a domain name system;

obtaining a dynamic domain table identifying a plurality of domains classified as a dynamic domain name system domain in a dynamic domain name system;

parsing a full domain name associated with said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests into a top level domain and a domain;

classifying said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests as a dynamic domain name system domain in the dynamic domain name system when said top level domain and said domain are found in said dynamic domain table; and

storing said classification of said at least one domain name from said one or more malware domain resolution requests as said dynamic domain name system domain in said domain table with a complete domain of said at least one domain, a current date and time and a Time-To-Live attribute of said at least one domain from a response of the domain name system.

16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the steps of obtaining a whitelist table identifying a plurality of trusted domains, and classifying said at least one domain name as a trusted domain if said top level domain and said domain are found in said whitelist table.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising the step of classifying said at least one domain name as an uncategorized domain if said top level domain and said domain are not found in said dynamic domain table and said whitelist table.

18. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the step of automatically re-classifying said domain and wherein all sub-domains of the domain are re-categorized to match the domain and top level domain of the re-classified domain.

19. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the step of monitoring communications of malware to obtain said one or more domain resolution requests.

20. The system of claim 15 , further comprising the step of automatically reclassifying a given one of said known domains in said domain table such that all sub-domains of the reclassified known domain are updated to match the top level domain and the domain of said reclassified known domain.