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blackbyte file hash indicators

XQLhighconfidence 72/100generated 2026-10-18

Any of 4 high-confidence file hash indicators skopnix attributes to blackbyte.

ATT&CK
T1204.002 mitre ↗
Correlation
set the rule's MITRE tactic to execution and technique to T1204.002
Linked actors
blackbyte
False positives
Every value is a skopnix indicator tied to blackbyte with confidence >= 72 from >= 2 independent sources, warninglist-clean (reserved / CDN / cloud / scanners / top sites) — re-validate against last_seen before blocking.

XQL query

skopnix-cortex-actor-blackbyte-hash-6c3a42c1.xqldownload .xql ↓
dataset = xdr_data
| filter action_process_image_sha256 in ("1df11bc19aa52b623bdf15380e3fded56d8eb6fb7b53a2240779864b1a6474ad", "0097b8722c8c0840e8c1a4dd579438344b3e6b4d630d17b0bbe9c55159f43142", "3fb160e1770fafeedff2d77841bf02108c25cca4cb6d77e3fbf759077f356b70", "884e96a75dc568075e845ccac2d4b4ccec68017e6ef258c7c03da8c88a597534") or actor_process_image_sha256 in ("1df11bc19aa52b623bdf15380e3fded56d8eb6fb7b53a2240779864b1a6474ad", "0097b8722c8c0840e8c1a4dd579438344b3e6b4d630d17b0bbe9c55159f43142", "3fb160e1770fafeedff2d77841bf02108c25cca4cb6d77e3fbf759077f356b70", "884e96a75dc568075e845ccac2d4b4ccec68017e6ef258c7c03da8c88a597534")
| fields agent_hostname, action_process_image_name, action_process_image_sha256, action_process_image_md5, causality_actor_process_image_name, _time
| sort desc _time

How to deploy on Cortex XDR

  1. 1.Paste the XQL into Incident Response > Investigation > Query Builder > XQL Search.
  2. 2.To alert, save it as a Correlation Rule and set the MITRE tactic and technique printed with the rule.
  3. 3.Schedule it on the interval you hunt at; keep the fields stage for the alert's columns.

Check · CVE rules read PAN-OS URL logs (panw_ngfw_url_raw), which need the NGFW integration and, for HTTPS, decryption.

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