Article 6NMW9 rhel 8.10 server possibly being used for dns query

rhel 8.10 server possibly being used for dns query

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vinmansbrew
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I have a rhel 8.10 server, and it appears it may be getting used to make dns requests, for another, outside, IP.
It's a wordpress server. Server is fully updated, both OS and wordpress.

I have an app called darktrace, and it is alerting with this message:
wordpress server.com breached Antigena/Network/Significant Anomaly/Antigena Significant Anomaly from Server Block

wordpress site.com made a successful DNS request for ns3088854.ip-217-182-175.eu to dns server [53]

How would I look for this? I've never come across this before.

I've tried setting firewalld to drop anything but allowed connections.
I ran maldet and rkhunter, neither found anything, of course that doesn't always mean anything.
The server works ok, till this detection is made, then the wordpress site times out, and I cannot ssh to the server. I have to be at a direct terminal.

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