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Kinsing file hash indicators

XQLhighconfidence 77/100generated 2026-10-18

Any of 1 high-confidence file hash indicators skopnix attributes to Kinsing.

Correlation
set the rule's MITRE tactic to execution and technique to T1204.002
Linked actors
Kinsing
False positives
Every value is a skopnix indicator tied to Kinsing with confidence >= 77 from >= 2 independent sources, warninglist-clean (reserved / CDN / cloud / scanners / top sites) — re-validate against last_seen before blocking.

XQL query

skopnix-cortex-actor-kinsing-hash-43e830ae.xqldownload .xql ↓
dataset = xdr_data
| filter action_process_image_sha256 in ("c38c21120d8c17688f9aeb2af5bdafb6b75e1d2673b025b720e50232f888808a") or actor_process_image_sha256 in ("c38c21120d8c17688f9aeb2af5bdafb6b75e1d2673b025b720e50232f888808a")
| 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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